DoJ orders NBI to get ‘immediate results’ in local officials’ killings

JUSTICE SECRETARY Menardo I. Guevarra has asked National Bureau of Investigation ( NBI) Director Dante A. Gierran to get “immediate results” in the agency’s investigations on a string of murders of local government officials last week. The most recent victim was Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan, who, along with his driver, were shot dead last Saturday afternoon. In a text message sent to reporters on Sunday, Mr. Guevarra said he has ordered Mr. Gierran to “include ( Mr. Lubigan’s death) in the NBI’s ongoing investigation” on the murders of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio C. Halili and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand P. Bote. —