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NBP Caterer Scored Bucor Corruption, Urged Fairness in Bidding
The long-time catering service provider in New Bilibid Prions (NBP), Mang Kiko Catering Services Incorporated, has called on Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to ensure fairness in the bidding process in choosing a new food provider for the inmates. Lorna Kapunan, the legal counsel of Mang Kiko Catering Services Inc., accused Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Benjamin delos Santos of favoring a “non-compliant” bidder to remove Mang Kiko out of the line-up. The service contract of Mang Kiko with the BuCor facility cost more than P300 million a year. Kapunan said the two other bidders of the national penitentiary failed to meet the set requisites for them to be considered…
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New Bilibid Caterer Seeks Presidential Help
It is easy to just point fingers if an unfortunate event like food poisoning happened in an institution like New Bilibid Prisons (NBP). However, digging on the issue could lead to understanding possible motive behind immediate allegations. For Atty. Alvin Navarro, the President of Mang King Catering Services, Inc., the current epidemic hitting the Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) is a tragedy of major proportions that manifestly show the incompetence of its leadership and the state of our current penal system. Navarro pointed out that when the diarrhea epidemic hit the Bilibid prison compound in Muntinlupa, the immediate reaction was to blame the cause of the outbreak on the food service…
