Showing posts with label BuCor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BuCor. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

BuCor transfers 500 Bilibid PDLs to Zamboanga

THE BUREAU of Corrections (BuCor) on Monday said it has transferred 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm (SRPPF) in Zamboanga.

Friday, February 7, 2025

BuCor cites gov’t efforts to decongest prisons, improve penal system

THE BUREAU of Corrections (BuCor) said Thursday the government is making inroads in addressing the decades-old problem of congestion in the country's prisons, and a more efficient penal system may soon be the Marcos administration's legacy.

Friday, July 19, 2024

BuCor releases 784 inmates in 1st half of July

SOME 784 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been released between June 11 and July 18 by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as its culminating activity for the celebration of the Nelson Mandela International Day.


Thursday, April 4, 2024

BuCor, local school to provide NBP inmates with art education classes

PERSONS DEPRIVED of liberty (PDLs) at the country’s largest penal facility will soon be provided with art education by a local high school, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Wednesday.


Monday, April 1, 2024

BuCor releases 783 PDLs in March

SOME 783 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) have been released in March, bringing to 12,836 the total number released under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Monday.


Friday, July 21, 2023

BuCor announces P205-B multiyear plan to upgrade prisons

THE BUREAU of Corrections (BuCor) on Thursday announced a PHP205 billion plan to modernize the country’s penal facilities and fast-track plans to decongest the country’s over-populated prisons.



Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Bounty to help hasten Bantag, Zulueta arrest: PNP

THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) on Tuesday welcomed the Department of Justice's (DOJ) move to offer a reward for information that could lead to the arrest of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag and former BuCor deputy security officer Ricardo Zulueta, the alleged masterminds in the killing of broadcaster Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa.

(Photo courtesy of DOJ)