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15 cops who smuggled contraband into Bilibid face charges

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Updated as of Oct 22 10:13 AM

MANILA - The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is set to file grave misconduct charges against 15 cops who allegedly smuggled contraband inside the New Bilibid Prisons. Read more »

Ex-CIDG chief confirms 'agaw bato' scheme, will name cops in drug recycling

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Posted at Sep 19 12:03 PM

MANILA - Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Thursday said he will reveal names of top officials involved in the recycling of illegal drugs in an executive session of the Senate. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 18, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 01:09 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

1 million documents: Keeping watch on prisoners' carpeta

Joseph Vidal, Senate PRIB
Posted at Sep 18 12:02 PM

Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) personnel keep a tight watch round-the-clock on more than one million documents of 46,000 plus convicts released since 2010. Read more »

'Bato' suspects notorious inmates abuse hospital passes

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Posted at Sep 10 04:19 PM

At one point, Dela Rosa said he moved a group of inmates to a building in Bilibid from a hospital where they were running illegal drug activities and other crimes, Dela Rosa told ANC. 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

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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 »

Panelo, irerekomendang ipaputol ang signal sa loob ng Bilibid

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 05:15 PM

MAYNILA - Madali ang nakikitang solusyon ni Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo sa problema sa mga ilegal na transaksyon sa loob ng New Bilibid Prisons. Read more »

'Bad blood' with Faeldon foiled PDEA plan for Bilibid office, inmates' drug test

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Posted at Sep 05 03:34 PM

PDEA had planned to put up a satellite office with canine units inside Bilibid, says its chief Aaron Aquino.  Read more »

My friends continue to live upright lives in prison. They deserve to benefit from the GCTA Law

Raymund Narag
Updated as of Aug 28 10:39 AM

An ex-detainee who made great friendships in prison writes about the possibility of carving out a respectable life within the confines of bilibid. And why his friends who continue to contribute to a more dignified life for their co-inmates deserve to benefit from the GCTA Law—whose existence might have been threatened by all the noise surrounding Antonio Sanchez's release. Read more »

2 suspected gun runners nabbed in Pasay City

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 06:29 PM

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group National Capital Region nabbed two suspected members of a gunrunning syndicate. Read more »

Mga kulungan, dapat ilipat sa mga probinsiya: PDEA

Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 11:21 PM

Dapat nang gibain ang mga lumang kulungan at ilipat ang mga ito sa mga probinsya, ayon kay Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino. Read more »

SC votes to keep De Lima in jail

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Updated as of Oct 10 07:01 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has junked detained Sen. Leila de Lima's plea for her release and the dismissal of drug-related charges against her. Read more »

Pagkapkap sa guwardiyang may shabu sa brief, kuha sa video

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Posted at Aug 05 12:11 AM

Iginiit ng prison guard na nakunan ng shabu sa kanyang brief sa Bilibid kahapon na hindi sa kanya ang ilegal na droga. Ipinakita naman ang CCTV footage ng proseso ng pagkapkap na ginawa sa guwardiya.  Read more »

Guwardiya ng Bilibid, arestado dahil sa droga sa brief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 12:08 AM

Arestado ang isang prison guard ng New Bilibid Prisons matapos makuhanan ng hindi bababa sa 100 gramo ng hinihinalang shabu nitong Huwebes ng umaga. Read more »

New SAF contingent assumes control of Bilibid

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 03:56 PM

A fresh contingent of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) has replaced hundreds of their comrades manning the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, following reports of a "resurgence" of the illegal drug trade at the state penitentiary. Read more »

BuCor chief resigns amid alleged 'Bilibid' drug resurgence

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 10:54 AM

MANILA (UPDATED)- Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Chief Benjamin delos Santos on Thursday resigned from his post amid the alleged resurgence of the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Read more »

SAF officer stole P200-K, TV from prison chapel: BuCor

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 09:13 AM

An officer of the Special Action Force is set to face charges for stealing P200,000 and a television set from a chapel at the New Bilibid Prisons, Bureau of Corrections chief Atty. Benjamin delos Santos revealed Thursday. Read more »

Aguirre blames cellphones for return of drugs in Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 09:29 AM

MANILA - Justice Vitaliano Aguirre II on Wednesday blamed mobile phones for the return of the narcotics trade in New Bilibid Prisons even under the watch of elite personnel of the police Special Action Force (SAF). Read more »

'Bato' defends SAF vs drug allegations: They don't have control over Bilibid

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 08:19 AM

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa on Tuesday defended the deployment of Special Action Force (SAF) officers at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City after reports that some of them were in cahoots with drug lords inside the penitentiary, purportedly allowing the resurgence of the drug trade. Read more »