502 BuCor officers finish training

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections welcomed to its workforce 502 new BuCor officers, who graduated from a seven-month training yesterday.

Of the total graduates, 311 are women and 192 are men.

The graduation ceremony, which was held at the BuCor’s headquarters in Muntinlupa City, was part of the week-long celebration of the bureau’s 118th founding anniversary.

Justice Undersecretary Deo Marco, who represented Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, told the graduates not to succumb to temptations.

Meanwhile, 500 BuCor inmates have been transferred to the Davao Prison and Penal Farm. The transfer is part of the BuCor’s program to decongest prisons.