THE SOFT launch of the hospital inside the New Bilibid Prison was spearheaded by its Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang AFP Ret. the facility if operational will cater to the ailing persons deprived of liberty who is aging, disabled and in need of immediate medical care. The hospital is also equipped with state-of-the-art medical facility for treatment of patients before they can be referred to hospitals outside the NBP if necessary.

On the press conference held there was this plan of the Bureau to relocate the NBP and to add more penal farms to the regions, DG Catapang says there are interventions of National Agencies such as those involved in food production aimed at making the PDL’s productive stay at the NPB along with helping the nation address food insecurity.

members of the press such as this station asked questions about the involvement of the Philippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology to the San Ramon Penal farm in Zamboanga whereby the sciencece departments’ agricultural arm brought ducks through their project “itik Pinas”.

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