The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has in its custody a former employee of Smartmatic who allegedly brought out confidential information related to the forthcoming May 9, 2022 national and local elections. Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Friday, March 18 said this information was...
House Dangerous Drugs Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers urged law enforcement agencies to remain vigilant against drug activity during the election period. Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Photo from congress.gov.ph) “I am urging officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the...
ILOILO CITY—The P50-million new district office of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Antique province has finally opened. Congresswoman Loren Legarda (center) receives a plaque from NBI Director Eric Distor after the recent inauguration of the NBI District Office in San Jose de...
Senator Christopher ’’Bong’’ Go said on Thursday, March 9 that law enforcement should have been more proactive in dealing with the matter of the missing 34 ‘sabungeros’ (cockfight aficionados). Go, chairman of the Senate health and demography committee, issued the statement after...
Malacañang has ordered a thorough investigation on the disappearances of individuals involved in e-sabong (electronic cockfighting) and likewise directed an inquiry into online sabong licensees for possible violations. Palace memorandum ordering a thorough investigation on the disappearances of...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año warned on Sunday, Feb. 27 the persons with information on the 31 missing cockfight enthusiasts (sabungeros) to cooperate with authorities or run the risk of facing charges. In an interview over GMA News, Año insisted...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate wants the Office of the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into the Department of Agriculture's (DA) alleged pro-important policy for what he described as "economic sabotage". (Office of Bayan Muna...
Stressing that online scammers posing as sellers should be imprisoned, President Duterte on Monday, Feb. 14, told Filipinos to avoid buying online for now. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (RTVM Screenshot) “I am advising the Filipinos (to)...
The camp of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Wednesday the individuals that supposedly threatened to kill Marcos Jr. already surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman said they were informed by the Department...
Enchong Dee (Facebook) Actor Enchong Dee was released on bail after he voluntarily surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Quezon City Monday afternoon in connection with the P1 billion cyber libel case filed against him by DUMPER Representative Claudine Bautista-Lim in August...
National and local government offices that were affected by the fire at a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa have resumed operations but in different locations. A fire hit the Starmall Alabang mall last Jan. 8 that took 33 hours for firefighters to extinguish. Several government agencies that were...
Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated some P150-million worth of fake COVID-19 antigen test kits, face masks, medicines as well as counterfeit products during a raid in a warehouse on Friday, Jan. 21 in a warehouse in Manila. The operation led to the arrest of the storage owner, a...
