The National Bureau of Investigation has a new boss. Virgilio Mendez, a veteran field investigator and lawyer who rose from the ranks, took his oath before Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Thursday, January 16. This is the same date he joined the bureau 36 years ago as NBI Agent 1. Described as low-key with no political assoiciations, Mendez honed his investigator skills in Mindanao. Prior to his appointment, Mendez was deputy director for regional operations services, a post he held starting 2011.
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