Monthly Archives: August 2023

If Congress and Senate start to make an inquiry (in aid of legislation, of course) on a particular issue, especially controversial ones, the entire structure of a system is virtually shaken; the whole organizational configuration flustered.  The usual effect at … Continue reading →

In my almost four decades in the prison service, I have yet to hear mass graves as an issue in prison communal living.  And why not?  Why bury inmates illicitly when prison authorities can bury them above board.  Inmates can … Continue reading →

It’s high time to make a respectable stand.  It’s just proper to make a vibrant move to possess, use or utilize our islands along Ayungin Shoal which is just a boat ride away from Palawan and within our exclusive economic … Continue reading →

Many are drawn into the maelstrom of political appointment—-especially as it pertains to a high government post.  One of them is the position of Director General in Bureau of Corrections (Bucor).  The prospects are good, the reward alluring—materially, socially, psychologically.  … Continue reading →

When the Chinese Coast Guard bombarded with their water cannon a Philippine civilian and unarmed boat (last August 10, 2023) while the latter was sailing on a supply mission to a stationed Philippine ship BRP Sierra Madre, it raised the … Continue reading →

For just a few minutes let us pay no attention to the missing inmate Cataroja, including such issues where Jail Inspector Bautista has been blamed for selling cement inside the prison camp, where bones of inmates are similar to bones … Continue reading →

The Bureau of Corrections is again on primetime news and in the limelight.  We are once again treated with the same issues, the same responses, the same queries, the same old songs until another controversy takes over.  Meanwhile, we observe. … Continue reading →