National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin A. Matibag on Friday, May 29, warned scammers against falsely claiming to know the whereabouts of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who has reportedly gone into hiding following the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court...
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada will be arrested even if he seeks refuge inside the Senate once a warrant is served, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin A. Matibag said on Friday, May 29. Matibag issued the statement after the Sandiganbayan released an arrest warrant against Estrada, who is...
Authorities busted an online exploitation ring during an entrapment operation at a Novaliches resort in Quezon City, arresting two 14-year-old girls and rescuing 11 minors and a 19-year-old. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Special Action Unit (SAU) said the operation stemmed from a...
Operatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) searched more possible hideouts of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Wednesday, May 27, as authorities widened efforts to locate the lawmaker, who is facing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) disclosed Wednesday, May 27, that it is now preparing subpoenas for people linked to Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after agents raided a house in Angeles City, Pampanga tied to a relative of Senator Robinhood Padilla in the expanding manhunt for the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now processing the revocation of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa 's firearms permits, saying that all of his gun licenses will be revoked soon. "Soon...Mabilis lang 'yan (It will happen quickly)," PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr. said in...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed support to any move to strengthen laws that will effectively address troll farms and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said there is a need for laws that keep pace with emerging online...
The disappearance of Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa put into question the integrity of the Senate which issued the protective custody for him, the top official of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said. For NBI director Melvin Matibag, the rule of protective custody in the case of Dela...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is seeking to add more teeth in its plan to conduct “search and destroy” operations against social media troll farms, which it said, produce fake news and AI-generated contents being used to deceive the public. While there is already an existing...
An extensive manhunt such as that for Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa requires participation of a large number of law enforcers—and when you mobilize such a huge number of government people, you know where the fund would come, right? And of all people, it is Dela Rosa who knows it fully well...
The arrest of Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa appears to be a test case on how well the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) could deliver in honoring international commitments, especially that there are still at least six people listed as co-perpetrators in the crimes against humanity case in...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin A. Matibag said Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s background in law enforcement may pose a challenge in efforts to serve the arrest warrant against him. Matibag made the statement during a press conference on Friday, May 22, following the...
