Taal Volcano continued to unleash more phreatomagmatic bursts in the last 24 hours, even as the national government and non-government organizations, like the Philippine Red Cross, have started to come to the aid of evacuees, which has already numbered about 5,000.
The Nacionalista Party (NP) has
MANILA - The sad situation of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the cramped Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory will drastically improve following the turnover of Phase 1 of the New Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory at Payatas Road on Wednesday. Currently, the old Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Kamuning which houses 3,184 PDLs has a congestion rate of 1,066 percent, a figure far off the livable prison standards. "From the current 1,000 percent congestion rate in the old building, it will be down to 55 percent with the completion of the new Quezon City jail facility. The new facility offers our wards more than enough space to move around and breathe. We can now spare our PDL from a lot of physical, mental, and emotional problems that arise from overcrowding," said BJMP chief, Jail Director Allan Iral, in a statement. Iral thanked all partners in the government and private sector, especially the Quezon City government. He also commended BJMP National Capital Region d