Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, target gawing economic zone at Food Security Hub ng bansa; ilan pang pagbabago sa mga piitan sa bansa, ibinida ng BuCor

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00:00The Europe Corrections was held at the 2nd ASEAN Regional Correctional Conference.

00:04The government's efforts to fix the problems in the country,

00:09including the potential of the Iwahig Prison and Dental Farm in the future,

00:14and its role in the use of food security in the country.

00:18Luisa Erispe was at the center of the news.

00:22It's not just a problem in prison that is expected to be solved

00:26in the ongoing gathering of ASEAN countries to discuss the prison system in different countries.

00:32According to the Bureau of Corrections,

00:34it is also expected that millions of investments will enter the Philippines.

00:38The Bureau of Corrections assigned to the countries in the region

00:42the plan to make PESA Zone or Economic Zone the targets in the country,

00:46particularly the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm.

00:49After this conference, I was told by the PESA Director General

00:55that investors will be coming in from Thailand, Singapore, and other countries

01:03because they want to also invest in the Philippines.

01:07The plan of the Bureau of Corrections to make the Iwahig Prison a new prison

01:11in 28,300 hectares of land.

01:14Most of it will be used to grow agricultural products, fisheries, and others.

01:20So with the help of incoming investments, Iwahig will become a food security hub.

01:25Number one, food security.

01:29That is the problem of the country.

01:33Because of climate change, we need to make sure that we produce the food that we need.

01:41This will be a hub for aqua and agricultural products.

01:46Persons deprived of liberty will be transferred from the new believed prison to Iwahig

01:51and other regional facilities.

01:53They will also help in farming, raising animals, and aquaculture.

01:58According to the Bureau of Corrections, PDLs are beneficial here

02:01because they provide sufficient food and work that they can use when they are free.

02:05We want the PDLs to be relevant.

02:09We want the PDLs to be, as early as now, to be able to contribute something to the society.

02:17And when the time comes, now that there is GCTA, a lot of freedom,

02:21they are prepared to have a reintegration program.

02:25They really need a better place to live.

02:29Because they are suffering there.

02:31And then, of course, this will not stop me from looking around.

02:37We will also put a farm in Region 1.

02:41But we really have to get out of Metro Manila

02:46because really our position there is untenable.

02:49For the new believed prison, since the PDLs will be gone,

02:54the Bureau of Corrections' plan is to sell this land.

02:57Just like what they did in Davao Penal Colony now,

03:00they are now earning the land they used to sleep on, 20 million pesos per month.

03:05Imagine, in all the regions, we earn at least 20 million a month.

03:11We have about 17 regions.

03:16So, that's already big.

03:20Almost 300 million a month, we can generate income.

03:25Bucor is positive that this plan will be implemented until 2028,

03:30or until the term of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

03:33Not only food security, they are also looking for a way

03:37to strengthen tourism in the country.

03:40Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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