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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed full support to the collaborative project of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to utilize vast idle lands of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for agricultural development and reformation of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). “This initiative attests to our unyielding commitment to both food […]
Senator Francis Tolentino urged authorities to hasten plans to relocate the country’s national penitentiary amid a series of controversies hounding the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). According to Tolentino, relocating and decongesting the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City — especially those high-profile inmates inside the maximum-security compound — could help eradicate organized syndicates operating […]
The immediate decongestion and regionalization of the New Bilibid Prison will be a concrete solution against syndicates – especially those involved in illegal drugs – still operating inside the national penitentiary, Senator Robinhood Padilla said. Padilla, a former inmate of the national penitentiary, lamented that the New Bilibid Prison remains a den for bad people, […]
Senator Dick Gordon has pushed for the immediate passage of his proposed Senate measure mandating the accurate reporting of deaths and illnesses of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and detained children in conflict with law (CICL). Gordon, who chairs the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee, filed Senate Bill (SB) 1771, also known as the […]
Senator Dick Gordon re-stressed the urgent need to implement Republic Act No. 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Law following the recent fatal shooting of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) legal service chief Atty. Fredric Anthony Santos in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa City by unidentified riding-in-tandem hitmen. Gordon, the principal author of the law, once again […]
The Senate adopted the recommendation of Senator Dick Gordon to file charges against officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) after conducting an investigation and uncovering other anomalies activities inside the NBP, aside from the abusive implementation of Republic Act 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA)law. “The […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, commended the Office of the Ombudsman for acting promptly in dismissing and indicting three officials of the Bureau of Correction (BuCor) who were accused of extorting P50,000 from a Bilibid inmate in exchange for early release based on the Good Conduct Time Allowance […]
“Today, I have a solution.” Senator Bong Go expressed this statement before members of the 18th Congress as he filed his Senate Bill (SB) No. 1003 which seeks to amend the Revised Penal Code, particularly Articles 29, 97, 98 and 99, the same provisions which were amended and rendered unclear by RA 10592. “The Filipino […]
Senator Francis Tolentino has questioned the release of convicted Chinese drug lords during the last election period as it could be a possible violation of election laws. During a Senate hearing on the early release of heinous crime convicts, Tolentino pointed out a possible violation of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution 10429 and the Omnibus […]