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Faeldon eyes 1,700 paroled inmates by year-end

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 09:17 PM

Bureau of Corrections director Nicanor Faeldon on Friday said he plans to end the year with at least 1,700 paroled inmates. Read more »

Palace vows no whitewash in probe of Faeldon son

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 03:55 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday said there would be no whitewash in the investigation into the drug charges against the son of Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon.   Read more »

BuCor officer, tinambangan sa Muntinlupa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 09:08 PM

MAYNILA - Patay ang isang tauhan ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) matapos tambangan ng riding-in-tandem sa Muntinlupa City Lunes ng hapon.  Read more »

Sandiganbayan allows Floirendo to travel to Turkey with Arroyo

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 04:09 PM

Davao Del Norte 2nd District Rep. Antonio Floirendo has asked the Sandiganbayan 6th Division to allow him to travel with House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Istanbul, Turkey for the Asian Parliamentary Assembly 2nd Executive Council and 11th Plenary. Read more »

Faeldon takes oath as new BuCor chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 12:29 PM

(UPDATE) After facing controversy as Customs chief and a stint at the Office of Civil Defense, Nicanor Faeldon took his oath on Wednesday as the new director of the Bureau of Corrections. Read more »

Faeldon blasts 'unfair' claims of 'no-show' at BuCor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 05:32 PM

Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon denied claims that he was not reporting for duty as new chief of the Bureau of Corrections, stressing there had been no official appointment to begin with. Read more »

New BuCor chief Faeldon yet to report for work since appointment, says Guevarra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 03:09 PM

New Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Nicanor Faeldon has not reported for work since his appointment last month, Justice Chief Menardo Guevarra said Friday.   Read more »

Faeldon is new Bureau of Corrections chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 01:26 PM

Nicanor Faeldon will replace Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa who is running for senator in the 2019 midterm elections. Read more »

Ex-PNP chief 'Bato' files candidacy for senator

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 01:03 PM

Dela Rosa said he would push for reforms in the police force and the restoration of the death penalty if he is elected senator in May 2019. Read more »

'Convict na siya': Dela Rosa sinigurong di VIP si Palparan sa Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 09:16 PM

Ayon kay BuCor chief Ronald Dela Rosa, pagpasok na pagpasok ni Palparan sa Bilibid ay nakuhanan agad ito ng kontrabando: sigarilyo.  Read more »

Floirendo to face trial for BuCor-Tadeco deal

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 04:12 PM

The Sandiganbayan 6th Division told Davao Del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. to go on trial as the anti-graft court denied his motion to reconsider the dismissal of his graft case. Read more »

250 Bilibid inmates transferred to Palawan

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 01:12 AM

The national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City, which can only hold up to some 5,000 inmates, is running well over capacity at 18,000 prisoners. Read more »

Halos 1,000 tauhan, kailangan ng Bureau of Corrections

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 06:52 PM

May 980 bakanteng posisyon sa Bureau of Corrections ang target mapunan ng ahensiya bago matapos ang taon. Read more »

In bid to stop drugs, Bilibid segregates foreign and Filipino inmates

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 04:30 PM

New Bilibid Prison authorities transferred some 160 foreign inmates, allegedly drug lords, drug traffickers and manufacturers, to Building 1 of the prison compound.  Read more »

Ilang tauhan ng BuCor tinambangan sa Leyte

Sharon Evite, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 09:24 PM

Ilang mga miyembro ng Bureau of Corrections ang sugatan sa isang ambush sa Abuyog, Leyte nitong Lunes, ayon sa isang opisyal ng lokal na pulisya. Read more »

'Bato' orders transfer of drug lords in penal colonies to Bilibid

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 08:08 PM

MANILA - Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has ordered the transfer of drug lords in penal colonies nationwide to to Building 14 of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa. Read more »

Dela Rosa: Higit 20 opisyal ng BuCor may kaso dahil sa ilegal na aktibidad

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 07:45 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Mahigit 20 opisyal at correction officers na ang sinampahan ng kasong kriminal at administratibo ng Bureau of Corrections matapos silang masangkot sa illegal na aktibidad ng mga sindikato sa loob ng New Bilibid Prison. Read more »

'Bato' hiling ang dagdag pasilidad ng BuCor

Mylce Mella, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 08:21 PM

Umapela si Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Director General Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa sa Kongreso na dagdagan ang pasilidad ng ahensiya.   Read more »

Droga, gadgets, kabilang sa mga kontrabandong muling nasamsam sa Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 12:23 AM

Higit 42 gramo ng hinihinalang shabu, gadgets at iba pang kontrabando ang nakumpiska sa inspeksiyon sa Maximum Security Compound ng New Bilibid Prison. Read more »

37 inmates sa Bilibid, nagtapos ng iba't ibang kurso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 09:11 PM

Bagong pag-asa ang mensahe ng pagtatapos nitong Huwebes ng 37 inmates ng New Bilibid Prison sa Muntinlupa City.    Read more »