Duterte ally named new NBI director

2026-02-19 - 21:43

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed lawyer Melvin Matibag, a known ally of former President Rodrigo Duterte, as the new director of the National Bureau of Investigation, Palace press officer Claire Castro announced on Thursday. Matibag, who was Duterte’s Cabinet secretary and previously secretary general of the former president’s political party Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas