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(Eagle News) — A member of the Philippine Coast Guard was arrested after the officer allegedly extorted money from businessmen for supposedly lacking the necessary documents for the yacht they owned. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 21, the Department of Transportation said Ensign Allison Tindog, operations officer of the Coast Guard District of Palawan, was nabbed in an entrapment operation conducted by National Bureau Investigation operatives in Puerto Princesa on Tuesday, Feb. 19. This […]
(Eagle News)—The National Bureau of Investigation has asked its internal affairs division to look into Rappler’s allegations NBI agents who served the arrest warrant against the news site’s executive editor Maria Ressa for cyber libel harassed staff in the process. In a letter to Justice Undersecretary Adrian Sugay, NBI director Dante Gierran said the NBI’s IAD would make a report on the incident “as soon as possible.” “Rest assured that we will take this matter […]
(Eagle News) — The businessman who filed cyber libel charges against Rappler, its chief executive officer Maria Ressa and former reporter Reynaldo Santos slammed on Thursday, Feb. 14, the three for “continu(ing) to hold themselves high above any accountability…” for the article that he said defamed him. Speaking for the first time on the issue, Wilfredo Keng, whom Rappler described in the assailed article as a “controversial” businessman possibly linked to “shady deals” and with […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler’s Maria Ressa spent the night in the National Bureau of Investigation office after she was unable to post bail for the cyber libel case filed against her. Ressa’s camp had attempted to post bail on Wednesday, Feb. 13, but a Pasay court, according to her, refused to accept this because they could not provide the information sheet. Ressa’s camp had questioned the timing of the issuance of the warrant of arrest against her, […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Jan. 18, ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the killing of former Cebu City Assistant Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro. Guevarra said he made the directive for the NBI to “identify the perpetrators at the soonest possible time” in a text message to reporters. Castro was shot dead as she was driving her Nissan Juke vehicle on Escario St. on Thursday, Jan. 17. The police […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation will also probe the killing of Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Rodel Batocabe, which based on initial NBI information, was “likely politically motivated.” This was after Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra himself gave the order for the NBI to “assist the police” through its field operatives. According to the DOJ statement, that the attack was “likely politically motivated” was based on initial investigation by NBI agents. “A thorough inspection of the […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed a complaint against members of a group allegedly involved in a plan to oust President Rodrigo Duterte in October. The group was allegedly based in a farm in Rizal. Reports said NBI and Philippine Army personnel swooped in on the members on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Authorities confiscated high-powered firearms that were allegedly labeled “war materials.” Among those arrested were farm owner Ki Be E alias Lily Ong, who […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the P3-billion Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, charged with graft before the Ombudsman were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and officials of the French firm Sanofi Pasteur, Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health. In filing the charges the NBI said there were irregularities in the issuance of the certificate of product registration, among others. […]
(Eagle News) — Naaresto ng operatiba ng National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Fraud Division ang isang Junjie Banaag Alimparos matapos mabisto ang modus operandi nito sa pamemeke ng mga dokumento upang makabili ng bagong sasakyan sa isang car dealer. Nagpapakilala sa iba’t ibang pangalan ang suspek at gamit ang mga pekeng dokumento tatawag ito sa isang car dealer at pagkatapos magpakilala sa ibang pangalan. Ipapadala.nito ang mga pekeng documento gaya ng approved purchase order at […]
(Eagle News) –A former National Bureau of Investigation official who was tagged as the owner of the property where a shabu laboratory in Catanduanes once stood has surrendered. The NBI said Atty. Augusto Eric Isidoro, who was the director of the NBI Central Mindanao Regional Office, is now under its custody in the main headquarters in Manila after his voluntary surrender on March 20, 2018. The NBI said the Fifth Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court […]
(Eagle News) — Parents of the 10 Aegis Juris fraternity members who were charged over the death of Horacio Castillo III have asked the National Bureau of Investigation to keep custody of their children. The parents said in a letter addressed to NBI director Dante Gierran that their children would not be safe after all if they were transferred to the Manila Police District. “The MPD is one of the complainants in the above-entitled […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The accused in Horacio Castillo III’s death are now in National Bureau of Investigation custody following the issuance of an arrest warrant against them. NBI deputy director Ferdinand Lavin confirmed that all 10 ordered arrested by Manila Branch 40 Judge Alfredo Ampuan Jr. on Thursday were “picked up” from one place and brought to the NBI on Friday, around 11 a.m. Mhin Wei Chan, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Robin G. […]
