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Senator Raffy Tulfo stressed that appropriate budget should be given to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as the premier investigative agency of the country so that they can properly and efficiently exercise their mandate. During the Senate budget hearing, Tulfo noted that although the 2024 budget of the NBI already increased in the General […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is seeking to reinstate the cut in the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) 2023 budget to intensify the government’s cybercrime prevention efforts. Gatchalian expressed concern that the National Expenditure Program (NEP) trimmed down the 2023 budget of the NBI to P1.8 billion from 2022’s actual budget of P2.3 billion. This includes the […]
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said smugglers of agricultural products should be prosecuted and held accountable to protect the country’s farmers. During a House hearing, Albay Representative Joey Salceda instructed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to use the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to prosecute cases more strongly against large-scale agricultural […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged authorities to ensure that credit card fraudsters will be prosecuted to the full extent permitted by applicable laws and that there will be no slackening in hunting down those who continue to perpetrate identity theft, credit card fraud, and other forms of cybercrime. Gatchalian made the call following the National Bureau […]
Senator Cynthia Villar welcomed three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were rescued from an alleged prostitution den in Malaysia. The three women, identified only as Mary Rose, Julie Ann and Ailene were repatriated from Malaysia aboard Air Asia Flight YM 5428. They were reunited with their families at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last Thursday. […]