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Senate panel cites BuCor officials in contempt over Bilibid mess

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 11:48 PM

MANILA - The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee led by Sen. Richard Gordon on Thursday cited three Bureau of Corrections officials in contempt for being “evasive” in their responses to the panel regarding the alleged anomalies at the New Bilibid Prison. Read more »

Party-list solons slam inclusion of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Napoles on GCTA list

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 04:10 PM

MANILA – Party-list lawmakers are up in arms over the inclusion of alleged Priority Development Assistance Fund scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles on the list of those who were supposed to be released early under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. Read more »

Several BuCor members killed in last 8 years: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 02:44 PM

MANILA - At least 12 officials and personnel of the Bureau of Corrections have been killed since 2011 by motorcycle-riding gunmen, Sen. Richard Gordon said Thursday, as lawmakers looked into alleged corruption inside the agency.    Read more »

'24-hr gambling, 30k tilapia, kidnapping': Ex-BuCor chief exposes rackets inside Bilibid

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 02:19 PM

MANILA - High-profile inmates at the New Bilibid Prison bribed prison officials so they could enjoy certain privileges while detained such as female entertainers that were worth P30,000 a night, a former chief of the Bureau of Corrections said Thursday.  Read more »

Freed convicts fearing for lives due to erroneous BuCor list: Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 11:55 AM

MANILA - Freed convicts under the good conduct time allowance law who have served their sentences are fearing for their lives due to the erroneous list from the Bureau of Corrections, Sen. Richard Gordon said Thursday. Read more »

BuCor officer stabbed inside Bilibid ahead of Senate hearing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 06:49 PM

A Bureau of Corrections officer was stabbed by an inmate at the national penitentiary's maximum security compound on Thursday morning, police said. Read more »

DOJ awaits explanation on Napoles inclusion in GCTA list

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 08:56 AM

The Bureau of Corrections is "prepared to answer" questions about the inclusion of plunder convict Janet Lim Napoles in a list of inmates eligible for early release under a contentious law, the Department of Justice said Thursday.  Read more »

Go wants 'killer' for BuCor head position

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:56 AM

Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go on Wednesday said he wants a "killer" to step in as chief of the embattled Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) after its former head Nicanor Faeldon was sacked last week by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Former gov't official to testify on alleged 'hospital pass for sale' scheme at NBP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:11 AM

Up to 5 new witnesses will appear at the Senate Thursday to further expose the alleged corruption at the Bureau of Corrections. Read more »

BuCor ex-chaplain laments return of released convicts to Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:05 AM

A former chaplain of the corrections bureau laments the return to prison of convicts who have already walked free due to good conduct. He believes not all released prisoners bought their freedom. Read more »

Mga testigo sa ‘hospital pass for sale’ sa BuCor haharap sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 07:53 PM

Nakatakdang humarap sa Senado ang apat hanggang limang testigo kaugnay sa good conduct time allowance at umano'y "hospital pass for sale" sa BuCor.  Read more »

PACC told to defer BuCor probe to Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 06:12 PM

The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) should defer its investigation on Bureau of Corrections officials to the Office of the Ombudsman, Malacañang said Wednesday. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Bureau of Corruptions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 04:00 AM

There are revelations of a different scam in the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). And it looks like we won’t see Nicanor Faeldon in government again. Here are the big stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

PNP hirap matunton ang mga pinalayang convict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 12:11 AM

Wala kasing ibinigay na litrato at address ng mga pinalayang convicts ang BuCor sa PNP. Read more »

Bilibid's hospital ward being used as drug selling area: Go

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:54 PM

Convicted drug lords posing as sick inmates inside the New Bilibid Prisons use its hospital’s ward as a venue for their illegal drug trade, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said Tuesday.   Read more »

DOJ orders probe into alleged 'hospital pass for sale' at Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 02:58 PM

The Department of Justice has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate the supposed sale of hospital passes to inmates of the national penitentiary. Read more »

27 opisyal at kawani ng BuCor, sinuspinde ng Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 12:14 AM

Handa naman ang PNP na tugisin ang mga benepisyaryo ng GCTA na hindi susuko sa itinakdang deadline ng pangulo.  Read more »

IRR ng Good Conduct Time Allowance Law, nirerepaso na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 06:48 AM

Nirerepaso naman ng Justice Department ang implementing rules and regulations ng Republic Act 10592 para mas maging klaro ang patarakan sa GCTA. Read more »

Duterte 'admires' Faeldon for 'honesty' in cigarette smuggling fight: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 03:06 PM

Duterte last week fired Faeldon from this third post as Bureau of Corrections chief, after a Senate investigation uncovered alleged corruption in the grant of "good conduct" credits for prisoners' early release. Read more »

All heinous crime convicts still in PH: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 02:22 PM

None of around 2,000 heinous crime convicts granted early release for supposed good conduct has left the country, the Department of Justice said Sunday, citing a preliminary report from the Bureau of Immigration. Read more »