THE Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to serve the arrest warrant issued against former Rodriguez, Rizal Mayor Pedro Cuerpo and to submit a report thereon. AdvertisementsIn a decision on November 2012, the court convicted Cuerpo of violating Article 231 of the Revised Penal Code. The decision “became final and executory on January 9, 2017,” the court said in a resolution promulgated on October 27. According to the court resolution, records showed that the NBI’s General Services Division received on May 15, 2017 a copy of the arrest warrant dated April 27. “To date, the NBI has not made any return nor submitted any report regarding the execution of the warrant,” the court said.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2017 10:07 UTC