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GMA Network
2 days ago
- GMA Network
Arnie Teves to be transferred to Bilibid —NBI
Former Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo 'Arnie' Teves Jr. is set to be transferred to a detention facility of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City on Friday morning, an official said. 'This morning po,' NBI Director James Santiago said in an interview on GMA Integrated News' Unang Balita when asked what time Teves will be transferred to Bilibid. Teves, the alleged mastermind in the killing of ex-Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, is currently being held at the NBI office in Manila. Santiago said Teves will be presented to the media at 10 a.m. before his transfer to Bilibid. 'Yung mga kasamahan natin sa media nagre-request sila ng interview so ihaharap ko sa kanila nang sandali. Tapos didiretso na sa Bureau of Corrections (BuCor),' Santiago said. (Our colleagues in the media are requesting an interview so I will present Teves to them for a moment. Then he will go straight to the Bureau of Corrections.) Santiago explained that Teves will be transferred to the BuCor facility because the NBI has no detention facility in its office in Manila. 'Pinahiram sa amin ang Building 14 kung saan lahat ng detainees ng NBI doon inilalagay pero distinct and separate sa BuCor,' he said. (We were lent Building 14 where all NBI detainees are held but it is distinct and separate from BuCor.) Teves is back in the Philippines after being deported by authorities in Timor-Leste where he sought asylum. The plane carrying Teves from Timor-Leste landed in Davao City at 7:40 p.m. on Thursday for a stopover. It landed at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City at past 11 p.m. Teves was brought to the NBI in Manila where he underwent booking procedure and medical examination. The former lawmaker was allegedly the mastermind in the killing of Degamo and nine others on March 4, 2023 in his residence in Pamplona. But Teves has denied the accusation.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
3 days ago
- General
- GMA Network
BuCor to build halfway houses in prisons
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. on Wednesday ordered the establishment of halfway houses in prisons and penal farms nationwide. According to the BuCor, the halfway houses will be for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) awaiting release and for released PDLs whose settlement arrangements are still pending. Meanwhile, Catapang ordered the submission of plans and designs for each halfway house as well as the budgetary requirements. Catapang also directed officials to identify areas where PDLs who are about to be released may stay in order to separate them from the general jail population while the project is being planned. He said this seeks to prepare PDLs for their release and ensure that they have the resources necessary for their reintegration to society. The BuCor chief stressed the importance of a program for PDLs within the halfway houses. The program will include counselling sessions, orientation activities, interviews, and short courses. "This holistic approach recognizes that preparing individuals for reintegration involves more than simply setting them free but it requires equipping them with the tools to navigate societal challenges effectively," Catapang said. — VDV, GMA Integrated News
South China Morning Post
03-03-2025
- South China Morning Post
Philippines' push for Asean-wide prisoner transfer treaty: will it spur reforms?
Corrections officials have thrown their support behind the Philippines ' push for an Asean-wide prisoner transfer agreement, touting it as a step towards stronger regional cooperation on inmate rights. Advertisement Such an agreement could help in the rehabilitation process, according to analysts, who nevertheless described it as a 'marginal step' that would do little to ease chronic overcrowding and other entrenched issues plaguing the region's prisons. The drafting of a transfer of sentenced persons (TSP) agreement was discussed at the Asean Regional Correctional Conference held in Palawan from February 14 to 17. The conference brought together corrections officials from Association of Southeast Asian Nations' member states Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia, as well as international organisations and jail-management experts. The director general of Manila's Bureau of Corrections, Gregorio Pio Catapang Jnr, stressed that the Philippines would pursue the proposal 'because if we can implement it within Asean, we can achieve it globally.' Mary Jane Veloso (centre) a Filipino woman who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia on drug-smuggling charges, waves as she is reunited with her family at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong, the Philippines in December 2024. Photo: AP The Philippines' proposition comes after Mary Jane Veloso , a Filipino inmate who spent nearly 15 years on death row in Indonesia on drug-smuggling charges, was repatriated to the Philippines in December.
