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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts on BuCor chief’s statement on allowing PDLs to use gadgets NEED CONTEXT

By VERA Files | Nov 24, 2022 2:48 PM

Some Facebook (FB) posts are making it appear that Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) office- in-charge Gregorio Catapang Jr. has given persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) permission for the free use of mobile gadgets. This needs context. On Nov. 19, a FB page posted a screenshot of Catapang with text that read: “Pwedi (sic) na gumamit […]

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What’s next for those high-profile inmates who ‘died’ of Covid-19?

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jul 21, 2020 8:04 PM

Doubts that were raised in reaction to news reports about the death of nine high-profile inmates of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa due to Covid-19 reflect on the zero credibility of the agency that has been embroiled in a number of scandals, the most recent of which was the “freedom for sale” scheme.