DOJ
The plunder and other criminal charges filed against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Q. Bantag and several other bureau personnel will be turned over by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) for preliminary investigation.
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Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan(Courtesy of IPPF-PIO Facebook) MANILA - Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag was slapped Monday with plunder, malversation, falsification and graft charges related to a PHP900-million project. Acting BuCor director general, Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., filed the multiple suits before the Department of Justice against Bantag, technical superintendent Arnold Jacinto Guzman, inspectors Ric Rocacurba and Solomon Areniego, and technical officers Jor-el de Jesus, Angelo Castillo and Alexis Catindig. The project involved the construction in three prison facilities Davao Prison and Penal Farm, Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, and Leyte Regional Prison with an estimated cost of PHP300 million each. The contract supposedly violated Republic Act No. 9184 or the Government Procurement Act when it created a separate BuCor Bidding and Award Committee led by a non-permanent BuCor emplo
DOJ
Criminal charges for plunder, malversation of public funds through falsification of official documents, and graft were filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday, Feb. 6, against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Q. Bantag.
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