Political detainees on hunger strike: in 2015, in 1980-81
By
AT GROUND LEVEL
| By
Satur C. Ocampo
| January 17, 2015 - 12:00am
Last Tuesday, as the nation prepared to welcome Pope Francis, 491 political detainees in 43 jails across the country went on a hunger strike that’ll run simultaneously with the papal visit.
Opinion
"Evangelize"
By
Cherry Piquero Ballescas
| January 3, 2015 - 12:00am
Fr. Michael Coleman of the Tsuchiura Catholic Church reminded us in his homily at this year's First Friday mass to remember our role as evangelizers - to spread God's love wherever God places us in our lives.
Freeman Opinion
Inmates register for 2016 polls: “Around 300 detainees of Lapu-Lapu City Jail in Sitio Soong, Barangay Mactan get chance to vote”
By
Christell Fatima M. Tudtud
| August 15, 2014 - 12:00am
Lapu-Lapu City Jail detainees have been granted privilege to register for the national elections in 2016 by the Commission on Elections.
Freeman Metro Cebu
QCPD detainees fail escape try
By
Reinir Padua
| July 4, 2014 - 12:00am
Detainees at a police station in Quezon City attempted to bolt amid a heavy downpour before dawn yesterday.
Metro
Palace scores lax visitation rules on Jinggoy, Bong
By
Delon Porcalla
| July 1, 2014 - 12:00am
Malacañang is bothered by reports that opposition Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla were enjoying VIP treatment at the Philippine National Police (PNP) custodial center at Camp Crame where they are...
Headlines
92 prisoners escape in western Libyan jailbreak
February 15, 2014 - 3:22pm
A Libyan local official says 92 prisoners have escaped from a prison in a western town due to weak security.
World
Pacman visits CPDRC
By
AJ de la Torre
| January 24, 2014 - 12:00am
After the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) dancing inmates made waves in the national and international...
Cebu News
6 inmates bolt Kidapawan city jail
By
John Unson
| December 23, 2013 - 12:59pm
Local authorities have launched a massive manhunt operation after six detainees facing various criminal cases bolted from their detention cell at the city jail on Sunday.
Nation
Capitol eyes expansion of CPDRC
By
AJ de la Torre
| June 1, 2013 - 12:00am
The Provincial Government is looking at the possibility of expansion as a long term solution to address the need for more space for inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC).
Cebu News
UN: Prisoners still tortured in Afghan custody
January 21, 2013 - 9:35am
Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables,...
World
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