Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have found probable cause to indict suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag for the alleged murder of broadcaster Percy Lapid and inmate Jun Villamor.
Senator Nancy Binay urged the national government to recover the Masungi Rock Formation in Tanay town, Rizal province that is currently included in the 300-hectare property owned by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. on Tuesday said the bureau has opted to temporarily call off its plan to relocate its headquarters and build housing quarters for its personnel in the 270-hectare area of Masungi Georeserve in Rizal province.
Following a meeting with the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), the Masungi Georeserve Foundation has decided to no longer oppose the agency’s decision to occupy the 270-hectare land in Tanay, Rizal.
Now that former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos recanted his testimony, detained former Senator Leila De Lima has sought before the court to either dismiss the drug case or grant her bail.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Acting Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. must not be blamed for the upcoming March attrition of personnel. The agency is merely following a law requiring personnel with temporary status to meet the minimum qualification standards (QS) to be retained.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has freed 416 inmates, including those whose sentences have expired, from its prison facilities nationwide.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) panel of prosecutors wrapped up the preliminary investigation of murder complaints against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag.
Prosecutors have been selected to conduct the preliminary investigations of the two sets of torture complaints that were filed last January against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag.
Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag has been ordered by a panel of prosecutors to submit on Feb. 8 his counter-affidavit in response to the murder complaints against him.
