Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd issued Department Order 477 designating BuCor Administrative Division chief Rey Raagas as officer-in-charge (OIC). De los Santos resigned over reports about the revival of the illegal drug trade inside the national penitentiary New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. Aguirre himself on July 3 divulged that the illegal drug trade had returned to the NBP and some of the inmates tested positive for use of illegal drugs. Aguirre said he will ask Presidentb Rodrigo Duterte to transfer Santiago to the Corrections bureau. Santiago was also a former Armed Forces chief and head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Source: Manila Times July 17, 2017 10:18 UTC