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DoJ sets ruling on Tadeco land deal

THE Justice department will this week come up with a legal opinion on whether or not the joint venture agreement between the Bureau of...

Alvarez urges Aguirre: Void Tadeco land deal

HOUSE Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has urged Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III to immediately declare as null and void the joint venture agreement entered into...

Feud over House control spills into legal system

DAVAO del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. said Wednesday he is ready to face the graft case filed against him by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez over an...

BuCor frees 234 inmates

More than 200 convicts from Leyte have been released by the government as part of its effort to de-clog the country’s penal system. Bureau of...

BuCor gets nod for good meals

A cause-oriented group has lauded the Bureau of Corrections for providing “well-prepared and nutritious food” for inmates of the country’s various penal facilities. Louis “Barok”...

De Lima’s co-accused in drug case gives up

FORMER Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation on Sunday morning, an official said. Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes confirmed...

DoJ: Probe VIP perks for drug inmates

JUSTICE Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday ordered the Bureau of Corrections to investigate reports that some high-profile inmates temporarily detained at the Armed...

BuCor deputy quits over narc raps

DEPUTY Director Rolando E. Asuncion of the Bureau of Corrections has resigned after he was asked to go on leave pending investigation on his...

De Lima linked to threats on high-profile inmate

THE Department of Justice is investigating reports that the camp of Senator Leila de Lima is behind the threats on the life of high-profile...

Go, murder convict, freed

THE Supreme Court has ordered the Bureau of Corrections to release convicted murderer Rolito Go because he completed serving his sentence three years ago. The...

BuCor chief talks tough on Bilibid

NEWLY appointed Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin delos Santos warned erring inmates, prison guards and officials that he will not hesitate “to destroy in...

P200-m shabu found in abandoned car

CAMP OLIVAS"•Police seized P200million worth of suspected shabu from an abandoned car in Apalit, Pampanga, on Friday, prompting an official to say that inmates...

Drug trade continues in Bilibid

JUSTICE Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II ordered on Thursday the Bureau of Corrections to intensify its operation against illegal activities inside the minimum security compound...

Inmates’ budget surpass students’

SENATE Minority Leader Ralph Recto on Tuesday shifted gear for the release of old and sick prisoners from the Bureau of Corrections to save...
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