CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija: President Benigno Aquino 3rd wants the national penitentiary modernized as justice department pushes its transfer to an area in Laur, Nueva Ecija within the Fort Ramon Magsaysay military reservation, a ranking military official said.

“The President wants it done by the end of 2014,” said Lt. Col. Gregorio Pio Catapang, Jr., the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vice chief of staff.

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