Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. has emphasized the significance of granting an anniversary bonus to eligible officials and employees of the agency, saying the initiative “will go a long way, especially for those who were affected by the recent typhoons and floods that hit the country.”
Catapang also ordered the cancellation of social night on Wednesday supposedly to celebrate the employees’ hard work and promote camaraderie, including the much-awaited BuCor’s Got Talent program scheduled for Friday, as part of the bureau’s 120th year week-long celebration.
This is in keeping with the President Marcos’ call to avoid lavish Christmas celebrations in solidarity with the thousands of Filipinos devastated by the spate of calamities, BuCor said in a statement.
Instead of festivities, Catapang said the BuCor will focus on community support through mass offerings and the collection of donations, in cash and in kind, to assist victims of the recent disasters.
