Convicted in 2010 of carrying 2.6kg heroin hidden in a suitcase, Mary Jane Veloso claimed she was duped by a recruiter who promised her a job abroad. The single mother’s conviction and death ...

While such an agreement may help in the rehabilitation process, problems of overcrowding and other chronic issues still ...

HOME AT LAST. Migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso poses for photographers at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City where she was taken right after arrival from Indonesia on Wednesday ...

A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was almost executed by firing squad has returned home, where she now awaits a potential pardon in a women’s prison. Mary Jane ...

Y OGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a few feet away from her ...

Cesar Veloso, father of Mary Jane Veloso, cries during a prayer rally led by Migrante outside the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City on September 5, 2022. The group appealed to ...

Mary Jane Veloso, who was sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges said Thursday that she was “elated” to be returning home, after a deal brokered between the two nations. Veloso was ...

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said it managed to avoid a case similar to Mary Jane Veloso’s after its agents rescued two Filipino women from becoming drug couriers in Malaysia, Bureau ...

Prison service leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will discuss a potential ASEAN-wide prisoner swap to allow convicted individuals overseas to serve sentences in their ...

Cesar Veloso, father of Mary Jane Veloso, cries during a prayer rally led by Migrante outside the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City on September 5, 2022. The group appealed to ...