Bureau of Corrections, August 6, 2009. The second staff meeting under the leadership of DOJ Secretary Agnes VST Devanadera was held at the Bureau of Corrections’ Conference Room last August 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

    The staff meeting was presided by the DOJ Secretary with her undersecretaries: USEC Ernesto L. Pineda, USEC Ricardo R. Blancaflor and USEC Linda L. Malenab-Hornilla, (not present were USEC Fidel J. Exconde Jr. and USEC Jose Vicente B. Salazar), DOJ proper staff and the different heads of the agencies under the Department of Justice in attendance.

    There were sound discussions on issues raised in the agenda which lasted until 11:00 a.m.

    After the conference, Secretary Devanadera distributed the Certificates of Release on Parole to twenty six (26) inmates at the BuCor Social Hall, witnessed by the prisoners’ families, relatives and DOJ family

    After the distribution, the Secretary and her entourage conducted a tour of the prison facilities which included a visit to the 41-hectare government housing project and the Katarungan Village. The last stopover was the Director’s Quarters where lunch was served.

    It was a hectic day. The DOJ Ladies Circle also held its meeting at the Director’s Quarters. Secretary Devanadera met the DOJ Prosecutors before she finally left late in the afternoon. Everyone who attended the conference was given souvenir items like beaded tissue holders made by the inmates of the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW), desk clocks made by the Reception and Diagnostic Center’s inmates, etc.

    Everyone commended Usec Oscar C Calderon for being an accommodating and cordial host. (Bobot Diaz, The Philippine Corrections Journal).