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THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) confirmed on Monday the death of Jhacob “Coco” Rasuman inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa where he was serving two life terms for masterminding an investment scam, which duped hundreds of investors, mostly in Mindanao, to almost P300 million. BuCor Deputy Director General Gabriel Chaclag…
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MANILA-The sweet taste of freedom finally came for 371 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who were released Monday, even as the Department of Justice (DOJ) also submitted the names of 300 other PDLs to Malacanang for the possible grant of executive clemency. "The 371 released were a result of the DOJ and Bureau of Corrections' (Bucor) computation (of time served) with the help of Public Attorney's Office (PAO) lawyers," DOJ spokesperson Mico Clavano told reporters. Clavano said DOJ Secretary Crispin "Boying" Remulla, PAO Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta, and Bucor Director General Gerald Bantag "collaborated to make this possible. Today, 300 more are up for executive clemency." The 240 majority of the 371 PDLs released already served their maximum sentence, 98 qualified for parole, while 31 were acquitted and two qualified for probation. At least 191 PDLs, were from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa, 37 from the Correctional Institute for Women (