Voting peaceful and boring at nat’l penitentiary
A polling place so quiet that waiting voters were nodding off.
A polling place so quiet that waiting voters were nodding off.
For the first time, inmates at the national penitentiary will be allowed to vote in the May 13 elections.
Following two stabbings last month, several raids conducted by officials of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have yielded more than 300 deadly weapons, 95 percent of which were improvised.
Two inmates were killed while two others were injured inside the New Bilibid Prison, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Thursday.
An official of the New Bilibid Prison has been relieved following the escape of five inmates in various penal colonies in the country, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Tuesday.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is bracing itself for possible “zombie” attacks in the coming 2013 midterm elections.
With the aid of surveillance camera footage and the testimony of fellow inmates, the prisoner who hurled a grenade that wounded six convicts at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) last month has been identified.
Eliot Maguan, whose brother was gunned down by former businessman Rolito Go during a traffic altercation in 1991, was linked Monday to the high-profile convict’s abduction in August by one of the suspected kidnappers.
The daring escape of Ozamiz robbery gang leader Ricky Cadavero from the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City on Saturday has authorities grumbling, including the policemen who put him behind bars in the first place.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered the relief of jail guards who were on duty on Saturday morning when the alleged leader of a notorious robbery group escaped from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
Being jailed at the maximum security compound of New Bilibid Prison apparently comes with maximum privileges. Where else, for example, can you find cells that are “Wi-Fi ready” and stocked with bottles of Johnnie Walker?
An insider at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) says one of the men brought in by retired Army Maj. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan was the source of the grenade that exploded inside the NBP compound.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima ordered former New Bilibid Prisons Chief Superintendent Ramon Reyes to explain why he should not be administratively charged for the grenade blast inside the prison compound last Friday.
