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Detained De Lima files bills for prison reform

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 04:06 PM

MANILA - Detained Sen. Leila de Lima has filed 2 bills that seek to improve rehabilitation programs for inmates and streamline the country's correctional system. Read more »

'Bato' Dela Rosa wants 'Department of Corrections'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 12:00 AM

MANILA - Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said Tuesday among the first bills he will file include one seeking the creation of a “Department of Corrections" to streamline government agencies tasked to manage the country’s jails. Read more »

Demolition of houses for Bilibid development gets flak

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 03:20 PM

Some 20 residents living inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) compound in Muntinlupa on Monday held a picket in front of the Department of Justice to urge Secretary Menardo Guevarra to stop the demolition of their houses allegedly ordered by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Nicanor Faeldon. Read more »

Sandiganbayan orders Floirendo to present evidence in graft case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 05:05 PM

The court gave Floirendo the option to present his own evidence or file the demurrer to evidence for the dismissal of his case. Read more »

15 gangs sa BuCor tigil na sa ilegal na aktibidad

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 12:47 PM

Labinlimang malalaking gang sa loob ng Bureau of Corrections ang pumirma sa isang kasunduan na buwagin na ang kanilang mga grupo at tapusin na ang kanilang mga ilegal na gawain.  Read more »

15 gang leaders ink peace, cooperation deal with BuCor

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 07:13 PM

The signatories are all based inside the Maximum Security Compound representing a total of 19,563 inmates. Read more »

40 bilanggo sa BuCor, lumaya nitong Pasko

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 12:21 PM

Nasa 40 bilanggo sa Bureau of Corrections sa Muntinlupa ang lumaya ngayong Pasko. Read more »

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 »