Filipino nurse assistant released from ICE detention, returns to PH

Elton Lugay 05/05/2025

NEW YORK — Dhenmark Francisco, a Filipino nurse assistant detained in the United States, has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and has self-deported back to the Philippines, according to the Philippine Consulate General in New York.…

Groups slam PH gov’t for ‘inaction’ on ICE detention of Fil-Ams

04/02/2025

NEW YORK — Filipino American migrant advocacy organizations are raising concerns over the treatment of Filipino green card holders in ICE detention centers, accusing the Philippine government of neglecting its duty to protect its citizens. A virtual…

De Lima: Detention made me stronger, why stop now?

Michael Jaucian 11/19/2023

IRIGA CITY, Camarines Sur, Philippines — Savoring her regained freedom with a visit to her ancestral home here, former Sen. Leila de Lima looked back at her almost seven-year detention at Camp Crame in Quezon City as…

De Lima tells former President Duterte – ‘It’s reckoning time’

Zeus Legaspi 11/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines – “It’s reckoning time.” These are the words uttered by former Senator Leila de Lima to her “persecutors.” De Lima, who was released on bail on Monday, told former president Rodrigo Duterte on Friday to…

Honduras massacre: 46 women slaughtered by gang members in prison

AP 06/22/2023

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Gang members in a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their cells and dousing them with flammable…

Journo, unionist still detained after case dismissal

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 02/13/2021

The lawyers for detained journalist Lady Ann Salem have asked a Mandaluyong City court to order her immediate release from detention following the dismissal last week of the criminal case filed against her and a union organizer.…

Cortes issues EO to set protocols in detention and release of PDLs

Doris C. Bongcac 05/02/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Concerned by the increasing number of virus-affected individuals at the Mandaue City Jail, Mayor Jonas Cortes issued an Executive Order on Friday, May 1, 2020, for the creation of protocols that will be…

Woman just released from detention shot dead in Bayawan City

Florence Baesa 01/30/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental–A woman just released from detention was shot dead by still unidentified suspects riding in tandem on Thursday morning, January 30, 2020, in Barangay Poblacion, Bayawan City. Police Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso Enriquez, officer-in-charge of…

Boy caught handing over suspected shabu to detainee-pal inside police precinct detention cell

Benjie B. Talisic 02/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 16-year-old boy, who was visiting a friend detained at the San Nicolas Police Precinct detention cell, was allegedly caught handing over a wallet containing suspected shabu to his friend at past 2…

Cash, gadgets confiscated in Talisay City Jail greyhound

Nestle L. Semilla 10/26/2018

  While no drugs were confiscated during the greyhound operation at the Talisay City Jail, police confiscated cellular phones and bundles of cash from the inmates. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, director of the Police Regional Office in…

Cadungog released from detention, bodyguard’s case downgraded to homicide

Rosalie Abatayo 08/17/2018

Tejero Barangay Councilor Jessielou “Jingjing” Cadungog is now a free man. Cadungog was released from detention at the National Bureau of Investigation custodial center shortly after 5 p.m. today after the panel of prosecutors from the Cebu…

Some CPDRC inmates to be transferred to new BJMP facility in Medellin

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 06/13/2018

At least 50 inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will be transferred to BJMP detention facility in Medellin to help decongest the provincial jail. CPDRC Warden Reynaldo Valmoria said the court has already granted…

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