National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Jaime B. Santiago ordered on Monday, Sept. 30, an overhaul of the bureau's Special Task Force (STF) based on verified reports that one of the agents committed a wrongdoing. In a statement, the NBI said that Santiago also ordered the suspension of the...
Seven persons allegedly engaged in online fraud have been arrested in Pampanga, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday, Sept. 27. Those arrested were identified by the NBI as Arnel Bautista Dayrit, Reniel Vergara Pabalan, Sharlene Manliclic Agustin, Amanda Eunice Roaquin Turalde,...
Three persons were arrested and illegal drugs worth P272,000 were seized during a buy-bust operation in Bataan, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday, Sept. 27. In a statement, the NBI identified those arrested as Anwar P. Maradial, Rexie P. Tolentino, and Janording A. Usman....
A suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) wanted for various crimes has been arrested in Basilan, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The NBI identified the suspect as Mobin Kullin who was arrested last Sept. 23 in Isabela City by joint operatives of the...
Seven co-accused of dismissed Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac in the non-bailable qualified trafficking in persons case filed before the Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) have surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). NBI Director Jaime B. Santiago presented them to the...
Two persons were arrested and P34 million worth of shabu, methamphetamine hydro-cloride, were seized during a buy-bust operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Oriental Mindoro. In a statement on Thursday, Sept. 19, the NBI identified the two arrested persons as Luis...
An estimated P3 million worth of allegedly fake Gillette Rubie II and Gillette Blue II shaving razors were seized by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Manila last Sept. 17. In a statement, the NBI said the "fake shaving razors" were seized by the bureau's Intellectual Property...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) slapped a Quezon City father of a human trafficking charge after he was arrested in the act of selling his 11-month- old baby for P55,000. Charged before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office was Kenneth Crisologo who was arrested last Sept. 3 during an...
Two men have been arrested during an entrapment operation in Quezon City for "engaging in sex trafficking of minors," the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said. Those arrested were identified by the NBI as Chresto Jun D. Saligumba and Renier C. De Los Reyes. They were apprehended by the...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) will file additional charges against individuals who were arrested for allegedly running an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator hub in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Lawyer Rennan Oliva, chief of NBI-7, said that they plan to...
PLDT, Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have partnered with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) to safeguard technology and telecommunications infrastructure across the country. The three are spearheading the broadest ever public-private...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated around P85 million worth of smuggled poultry products from China, discovered in a warehouse in Parañaque City. The operation was conducted by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) following a...
