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(Eagle News)–The Philippine Army has sought the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation in probing the shooting of a former soldier in Quezon City on Tuesday. In a statement, the Army said the “apparent prejudgement by police investigators moved the Army to seek help from the NBI so that justice may be served for (Winston) Ragos and his family.” Ragos was shot dead after he tried to draw his pistol on Master Sergeant Daniel […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, March 20, said it was looking for the sources of “fake news” online, as government called on the public to avoid sharing unverified information amid the coronavirus disease 2019 threat. The NBI said it was NBI Director Eric Distor who ordered the different units of the bureau, including the cybercrime and digital forensic divisions and the regional operations service, to investigate “all possible sources of […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation is temporarily suspending its clearance processing operations nationwide starting midnight of March 18. The NBI made the announcement on Tuesday night, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte announced a community quarantine on Luzon to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The NBI said the suspension would last until midnight of April 13. “We will resume our operations on 13 April 2020, unless earlier lifted,” the […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested three alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf supposedly involved in kidnapping incidents in Sulu and Basilan in 2001 and 2002, respectively. In a statement, the NBI said nabbed in a span of three weeks were Ibnus Isa alias Jade, Amerudin Parasan alias Mudasier and Abdel-Amin Bandahala, alias Abu Black. The NBI said Isa was arrested on September 27 in Taguig, Parasan on October 3 in Port Area […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the death of Cadet 4th Class Darwin Dormitorio. Guevarra gave the order to NBI director Dante Gierran after the Philippine National Police said the Philippine Military Academy student had died due to injuries sustained from hazing. Dormitorio was found unconscious inside a room in Mayo Hall Annex in Fort del Pilar, Baguio on Wednesday, Sept. 18. He was rushed to the […]
(Eagle News)–The American who authorities said had tried to sneak a six-day-old baby out of the country in her sling bag said she “only wanted to give the baby a name and a church blessing.” Manuel Dimaano, chief of the National Bureau of Investigation’s International Airport Investigation Division, said this was what Jennifer Erin Talbot, who is now facing trafficking, child abuse and kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges, told investigators when asked why the […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested at least 11 people, including a Sudanese and an Egyptian, for alleged large-scale illegal recruitment. In a statement, the NBI said Egyptian Ahmed Ragab Ramadan Ahmed, Sudanese Muwafag Yusuf Omer Musa alias Muwafag Yusuf Omer, and Filipinos Lorezel Mainit Reyes-Sarte, Laila Verano Aquino, Jhona Pestijo Pastora, Rhazmalyn Ibrahim Musa, Josephus Askin Pacer, Vea Casandra Tindugan Berja, Howard Justin Villate Apuntar, Geanmarie Garay Ner and Julieta Ferrer Mendoza […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Guevarra’s directive to NBI director Dante Gierran was contained in Department Order No. 383 issued on Friday, July 26. His order came days after President Rodrigo Duterte railed against corruption and illegal drugs in his fourth State of the Nation Address. “Further, Director Gierran is hereby directed to submit reports on the progress of the […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested one of the owners of WellMed Dialysis Center, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed on Monday, June 10. The arrest of Bryan Sy, who, the NBI said is facing an estafa charge,took place after he surfaced at the NBi headquarters with his lawyer to clear his name. Sy was accused by former WellMed employees Liezel Santos and Edwin Roberto of harassing them into processing the PhilHealth benefits of […]
(Eagle News)—A man who claims to be the “Bikoy” who accused members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s family and former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go of being engaged in the illegal drug trade surfaced on Monday, May 6. In a press conference at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines headquarters, Peter Joemel Advincula said he was the yellow-hooded narrator in thre “Ang Totoong Narco-list” videos that surfaced online. He stood by the allegations in […]
(Eagle News)—The National Bureau of Investigation has filed an inciting to sedition charge against the man authorities said was behind an online site that was among those that propagated the “Bikoy” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family. In filing the charge in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act against Robert Jayme, the NBI, in a resolution signed by Vicente de Guzman III, deputy director of the investigation service, noted what it said were conversations between […]
(Eagle News)–The family of former Cabinet secretary Leoncio Evasco, Jr. has asked the National Bureau of Investigation to probe an alleged plot to assassinate him. In a letter to the NBI, wife Florita and the children of Evasco, who is running for governor of Bohol, said despite the added security to the former Cabinet secretary, they continue to see “unmarked motorcycles occasionally running alongside the service vehicle of the gubernatorial candidate.” “Considering that the political […]
