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Bureau of Corrections faces more controversies

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Nicanor Faeldon, the Director-General of the Bureau of Corrections who was fired by President Rodrigo Duterte last Wednesday Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

Senate President Vicente Sotto III has revealed he received information about pay-offs from certain convicts in exchange for freedom. The Justice Department is set to appoint an officer-in-charge while the President awaits recommendations from Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra for possible BuCor Chief replacement


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By Shirley Escalante

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Senate President Vicente Sotto III has revealed he received information about pay-offs from certain convicts in exchange for freedom. The Justice Department is set to appoint an officer-in-charge while the President awaits recommendations from Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra for possible BuCor Chief replacement



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