Cedric Lee moved to New Bilibid Prison

Adrian Parungao 05/04/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections (BOC) has received Cedric Lee into the New Bilibid Prison, it said on Saturday. According to the BOC, Lee was turned over by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on…

Cataroja escapes NBP by clinging under a garbage truck – BuCor

Faith Agrosino 08/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Rearrested maximum security inmate Michael Cataroja, who went missing last July, escaped from New Bilibid Prison (NBP) by clinging underneath a garbage truck, according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). In a video from…

Never again should Bilibid inmates abuse – Remulla

Tetch Torres-Tupas 03/28/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla declared an end to the era of inmate abuse as Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director Gregorio Catapang Jr. is set on a mission to scrub clean the country’s prison…

Bantag was looking for Yamashita treasure in Bilibid, says Remulla

Beatrice Pinlac 11/19/2022

MANILA, Philippines – Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gerald Bantag was looking for the fabled Yamashita treasure inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) compound in Muntinlupa City, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said. Remulla…

The medieval heart of our prisons

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 11/16/2022

A longer period of time (82 years) separates the present day (2022) from the institution of the New Bilibid Prison in 1940, than separates the institution of the Old Bilibid Prison in 1865 and the creation of…

BuCor officials discover ‘tunnel’ but unsure what it is for

Dexter Cabalza 11/13/2022

Authorities at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have discovered a hole in the ground, but they couldn’t say whether it was an escape tunnel or was made when former prison officials were allegedly digging for gold. Bureau of…

Murder, she wrote

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 11/04/2022

The unfolding of new information on the Oct. 3 murder of broadcaster and vlogger Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa of the “Lapid Fire” radio program reads like a classic whodunit. There was the surrender and confession on Oct.…

Demolished old Bilibid buildings yield improvised weapons

Tetch Torres-Tupas 01/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has discovered around 500 bladed and deadly improvised weapons following the demolition of old structures inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). “The activity commenced with the NCRPO (National Capital Region Police…

Another Bilibid inmate remains unaccounted for—BuCor

Tetch Torres-Tupas 01/19/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Another inmate is missing from New Bilibid Prison’s Maximum Security Compound. Inmate Chris Candas Ablas, the fourth escapee, was convicted of robbery with homicide by the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court. Four inmates have managed to escape…

3 inmates bolt New Bilibid Prison; 1 dead

Jane Bautista, Marlon Ramos 01/18/2022

One of three prisoners who escaped from New Bilibid Prison Maximum Security Compound early on Monday morning died in an operation, according to an officer of the Muntinlupa City Police Station. Police Col. Angel Garcilliano confirmed the…

3 inmates escape from New Bilibid Prison’s maximum security compound

Daniza Fernandez 01/17/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Three inmates escaped before dawn Monday from the New Bilibid Prison’s (NBP) Maximum Security Compound, according to the Muntinlupa City police. The three persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), who escaped at  around 1:20 a.m…

12,000 inmates erase tattoos to eliminate gang mentality

Dexter Cabalza 11/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — More than 12,000 inmates in all prisons across the country had their gang tattoos covered up in a move the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) believed would prevent violence inside the overcrowded and gang-dependent penitentiaries.…

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