Troops, commandos contain prison riot
Inmates destroyed multiple buildings inside Mahara Prison.
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Inmates destroyed multiple buildings inside Mahara Prison.
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Bureau of Corrections Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. on Friday said there are no political prisoners in the New Bilibid Prison or any…
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Catapang said the transfers are part of a broader effort to ease severe congestion at Bilibid and prepare the historic facility for its ultimate closure.
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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman has reclassified crocodiles from wild animals to "captive-bred wildlife," a move that…
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Bureau of Corrections director general Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has directed the conduct of comprehensive medical assessments of Persons Deprived of…
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The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is moving forward with plans to close the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa and redevelop the sprawling property into a…
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Catapang explicitly cautioned the new officers against jeopardizing their law enforcement careers through incompetence, negligence, or corruption.
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COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lanka on Tuesday launched an investigation into its deadliest prison riot in years after the death toll from clashes between rival drug…
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The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) allowed the families of two missing student activists to meet face-to-face with retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan on Thursday…
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The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) allowed complainants and their lawyers to meet with convicted former military general Jovito Palparan at the New Bilibid…
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The Sablayan facility is one of the bureau’s primary agricultural penal farms.
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A Filipino who posed as a US citizen and boarded an Alaska-bound cruise ship using stolen identities has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and…
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The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) hosted a market sounding summit to unveil plans to lease its vast land assets as part of preparations for the closure of the…
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Lawmakers on Thursday overrode President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s veto of a law changing how prison sentences are calculated.
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‘We are not going to negotiate, we are not going to make pacts, we are going to attack them.’
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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — An American YouTuber who caused outrage for filming himself kissing a statue commemorating Korean wartime sex slaves has been…
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A new study by the University of Bristol has identified a critical gap in the Philippines’ pandemic preparedness — its prison system — highlighting the need…
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