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When asked during an interview if there is a facility for the individuals convicted of the flood control scandal during the National Jail Decongestion Summit on Wednesday, January 21, BuCor Chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. said that the Sablayan penal facility in Mindoro may be used to hold them. 

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The jail bureau and trial courts have been notified as the expelled lawmaker’s condition has worsened.

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Expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. was rushed to the hospital due to “severe stomach pains,” according to his lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio.

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Russian vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy has been moved to BJMP custody with his deportation delayed.

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When asked during an interview if there is a facility for the individuals convicted of the flood control scandal during the National Jail Decongestion Summit on Wednesday, January 21, BuCor Chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. said that the Sablayan penal facility in Mindoro may be used to hold them. 

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The jail bureau and trial courts have been notified as the expelled lawmaker’s condition has worsened.

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Expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. was rushed to the hospital due to “severe stomach pains,” according to his lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio.

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Russian vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy has been moved to BJMP custody with his deportation delayed.

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