Latest in NBIThe Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed 84 cases for customs fraud under a crackdown that targets high-value misdeclarations, including the infamous example of a Bugatti luxury vehicle declared as a pick-up truck to pay lower import duties, Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said Saturday. Nepomuceno…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) cited the conviction of former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo on qualified human trafficking charges as its most high-profile anti-trafficking victory under the Marcos Jr. administration, saying the case sends an unmistakable message that public office offers no…
When Ariel Nepomuceno took over the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in July last year, he knew what he was walking into. The bureau had long carried a reputation for corruption so entrenched that even the mention of reform invited skepticism. His response was immediate—and deliberate. “‘Yung mga ayaw…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is working to deliver tens of thousands of balikbayan boxes sent by overseas Filipino workers that were left stranded at Philippine ports after several cargo companies abandoned the shipments without paying the required duties, taxes, and port charges. In an interview…
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, May 19 called on the public to remain vigilant and unrelenting in its scrutiny of the Senate’s impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Lacson said the chamber’s formal convening as an impeachment court on Monday marked a welcome…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended plunder and graft charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada and several former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials over an alleged conspiracy to manipulate the 2025 national infrastructure budget and siphon funds from flood control…
Former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan on Saturday, May 16 refused to conclude that the Senate was under attack during the shooting incident on the night of May 13, urging the public to await the results of the ongoing investigation rather than accept any premature characterization of the event.…
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said he took offense at Executive Secretary Ralph Recto for sharing a Facebook post suggesting the Senate shooting incident on the night of May 13 was “staged and pre-planned,” saying the post was irresponsible given that an investigation is still ongoing. “I…
The conduct of the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms in firing at law enforcement personnel during the May 13 Senate shooting incident goes beyond obstruction of justice, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said Friday, as he laid out at least three charges against those found liable and called…
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Friday signed a six-month preventive suspension order against Acting Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca, effective immediately, making it the first concrete institutional consequence of the shooting incident that rocked the Senate on the night of…
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, May 14, forcefully insisted that the Senate was under armed attack Wednesday night, growing visibly angry at reporters who questioned whether the incident constituted an actual attack. “So sorry ha, but I don’t think there’s any question the Senate…
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa deliberately slipped out of the Senate following Wednesday night’s shooting chaos, with his own wife confirming the escape in a message relayed by Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano during a press conference Thursday. “It is for this reason I am sure that Ronald…
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), invoked a classic criminal investigation framework in weighing in on the shooting incident inside the Senate building on Wednesday night, May 13, pointing investigators toward whoever had the means, opportunity…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday night addressed the nation following a shooting incident at the Senate, categorically denying that the government ordered the arrest of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and asserting that no outside military, NBI, or law enforcement personnel entered the…
Malacañang on Tuesday, May 12, pushed back at Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s emotional plea to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to protect him from the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Press Undersecretary Claire Castro pointedly noted that the victims of extrajudicial killings…
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