{"id":183152,"date":"2018-09-26T23:16:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T03:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=183152"},"modified":"2018-09-26T23:16:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T03:16:07","slug":"duterte-sends-off-250-new-bjmp-transport-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/26\/duterte-sends-off-250-new-bjmp-transport-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte sends off 250 new BJMP transport vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A total of 250 transport vehicle units were distributed to the 17 regional offices of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology during a send-off ceremony led by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at Camp General Vicente Lim in Calamba City, Laguna on September 26, 2018. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CAMP GENERAL VICENTE LIM, Calamba City<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday afternoon led here the send off ceremony for some 250 brand new transport vehicles of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to the country\u2019s various district, city and town jails.<\/p>\n

Lined up at the sprawling grandstand grounds, the 250 BJMP transport vehicles were considered the biggest acquisition in the bureau\u2019s history following the President\u2019s directive to procure them when he allotted some PHP299 million for the total 322 vehicles in December.<\/p>\n

Seventy two units were earlier dispatched to the various regional recipients out of necessity for their use in transporting Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL), an appropriate term than the usual reference for prisoner, inmate or detainee, according to a jail management official.<\/p>\n

In his remarks at the turnover rites at the camp grandstand, BJMP Chief Jail Director Deogracias C. Tapayan said the President\u2019s budgetary allocation enabled the bureau to acquire in just one procurement, more than the total number of vehicles purchased for the past two decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a testament of the President\u2019s sincere desire to address the needs of the people in the most expeditious and efficient way possible,\u201d Tapayan said, citing \u201cthe President (does) not just do the talk, but (does) walk the talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u00a0thanked the President for the approval of the BJMP\u2019s budget of around PHP3.4 billion for the construction of 107 jail buildings in 17 regions nationwide to address the perennial problem of jail overcrowding.<\/p>\n

He noted that it is during the Duterte Administration that the BJMP uniformed personnel\u2019s pay doubled, which \u201cused to be a remote possibility, but has now become a much celebrated actuality”.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. President, as father of this Bureau, I stand before you – the father of this entire nation – to express our sincerest appreciation to all that you have done for the welfare of our people,\u201d\u00a0Tapayan said.<\/p>\n

He also committed the Bureau\u2019s wholehearted support to the President\u2019s fight against drugs, corruption and violent extremism as 332 BJMP jails or some 80 percent of all jails nationwide have already been certified by PDEA and PNP as drug-free.<\/p>\n

Tapayan also assured the Chief Executive the potentials of the Bureau with the new developments taking place and that \u201cchange has come\u201d with these vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith your (the President\u2019s) help, we can move people, more importantly transport development, we could change lives, we could build a safer nation,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

BJMP officials said the support from the national government helps address not only the congestion in the country\u2019s jails but also eases mobility of BJMP personnel and the PDLs in district, city and municipal detention facilities.<\/p>\n

According to the officials, the Bureau has been beset with the challenge of transporting the PDLs during court hearings as they encounter difficulties especially on jails located in islands and situated in far-flung areas just to bring PDLs to attend court hearings.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot all jails have their own vehicles and the BJMP concerns then need at least 1,232 transport vehicles yet we only have existing 357 units or a variance of around 875,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Under the recent procurement, each jail is now assured of transport vehicle for court hearings.<\/p>\n

Of the newly acquired 250 BJMP transport vehicles which they used to call as \u201cprisoners vans\u201d, the Calabarzon Region (Region 4-A) gets 36 units, the highest among regional recipients which could address the region\u2019s concerns for having the highest number of congested jails in the country, disclosed a BJMP official in an interview.<\/p>\n

Other regional recipients with the number of vehicles include: Region\u00a01 \u2013 12 vehicles; Region\u00a02 \u2013 nine; Region\u00a03 \u2013 27; MIMAROPA \u2013 eight; Region\u00a05 -13; Region\u00a06 \u2013 21; Region\u00a07 \u2013 15; Region\u00a08 \u2013 12; Region\u00a09 \u2013 14; Region\u00a010 \u2013 16; Region\u00a011 \u2013 seven; Region\u00a012 \u2013 eight; Region\u00a013 \u2013 10; ARMM \u2013 5; CAR \u2013 10; NCR \u2013 26; and National Headquarters \u2013 1.<\/p>\n

It was during Duterte\u2019s visit to the BJMP facilities inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City in October last year when the President took time to talk to jail personnel and conducted site inspections of the facilities.<\/p>\n

The visit, according to BJMP officials, paved the way for the grant of additional vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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