Marcos grants clemency to 22 PDLs

Nestor Corrales 03/10/2024

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has granted executive clemency to 22 persons deprived of liberty (PDL), the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Saturday. BuCor said while 20 PDLs were granted commutations of sentences, two were given conditional…

PJ wants inmates database to aid decongestion of jails, transfer provincial jails to BJMP

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu third district Representative and Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia has filed a bill in Congress seeking to establish a centralized system for the monitoring of inmates nationwide in aid of decongesting penitentiaries…

Ecleo now doing time at Bilibid

Dexter Cabalza 08/07/2020

After almost a decade of hiding, captured fugitive and cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. is now serving his sentence of up to 60 years at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. The Bureau of Corrections…

A day before deadline, Sinas asks convicts to wave white flag

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two of the seven convicted men in the Chiong sisters rape-slay case have surrendered to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) in Manila. The surrender came a day before September 19, the deadline set by…

Bantag named new BuCor chief

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 09/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday appointed former Manila City Jail warden Gerald Bantag to head the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), saying he could not find a “saint” to run the scandal-ridden agency. Presidential spokesperson…

Duterte names ex-Manila City Jail warden as new BuCor boss

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 09/17/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Manila City Jail warden Gerald Quitaleg Bantag as the new Director-General of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). This came few weeks after Nicanor Faeldon was fired as BuCor…

Napoles freed?! Sloppy list adds to BuCor mess

Dona Z. Pazzibugan - Philippine Daily Inquirer, Leila B. Salaverria 09/13/2019

MANILA, Philippines–Senators on Thursday chided the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for submitting to them a defective list of convicts who had been freed after their sentences were cut short for good conduct. “Almost 10 percent of the…

Bilibid flesh trade, 24-hour gambling bared

Inquirer.net 09/13/2019

  MANILA, Philippines–There are other money-making ventures for corrupt officers at New Bilibid Prison aside from the payoffs for hospital passes and good conduct time allowances, according to a former official of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).…

Palace: Bato also faces probe over freed convicts

Julie M. Aurelio - Philippine Daily Inquirer, Leila B. Salaverria 09/06/2019

Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa will also be investigated for the release of heinous crime convicts during his term as chief of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), Malacañang said on Thursday. President Duterte on Wednesday night said…

1,914 heinous crime convicts freed under good conduct law

08/30/2019

Nearly 2,000 prisoners convicted of heinous crimes have been released after their sentences were cut short since the law that shaves off jail time for good behavior was passed in 2013, a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official…

Bato to run for senator

Inquirer.net 09/12/2018

IT’s final: Bureau of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is running for senator in 2019. Dela Rosa announced his senatorial bid when he formally joined the ruling PDP-Laban yesterday. “Yes,” he told reporters when asked if…

Money seized from Bilibid short by P502K

Inquirer.net 07/09/2017

MANILA — The Commission on Audit has called out the Bureau of Corrections’ Oplan Galugad team for turning over only P1.63 million of the P2.13 million confiscated in various raids at the New Bilibid Prison. In its…

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