The National Bureau of Investigation

The National Bureau of Investigation (Filipino: Pambansang Kawanihan ng Pagsisiyasat, abbreviated

as NBI) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice, responsible for
handling and solving major high-profile cases that are in the interest of the nation.

The NBI is created, reorganized, and modernized to enhance the investigative and detective work that it
handles.5 It has express power to request the assistance of law enforcement agencies such as the
Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) or any other agency of the
government in its anti-crime drive. Thus, it is fundamentally an investigative agency rather than a law
enforcement agency. Nevertheless, the NBI is considered a law enforcement agency when statute
declares it to be so, such as in the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 20096 and the Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,7 among others. The letter of the NBI failed to disclose the subject matter
of investigation, and it cannot be determined whether it is acting as an investigative agency or as a law
enforcement agency and accordingly, exercising its function pursuant to its statutory mandate.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) undertakes the efficient detection and
investigation of crimes and other offenses against Philippine laws. It coordinates with
other national and local police agencies in the maintenance of peace and order. It
also acts as a national clearing house of criminal and other information for the use of
all prosecuting and law enforcement entities of the Philippines.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 

WHEREAS, by virtue of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

( Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9165), the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was created for the efficient and
effective law enforcement of all the provisions on dangerous drugs and/or
precursors and essential chemicals as provided in R.A. No.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible
for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and
essential chemicals within the Philippines.

PDEA will make adjustments in filling the gap left behind by the PNP by tapping other
government agencies and the barangays as force multipliers to help in the national anti-drug
campaign as provided by law The PNP, though prevented to conduct anti-drug operations, shall
maintain close coordination with the PDEA on all drug-related matters such as gathering,
processing and validating anti-drug information and monitoring of drug personalities, including
self-confessed drug users and pushers who voluntarily surrendered nationwide.
BFP - Bureau of Fire Protection 

BFP is an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The
firefighters will augment the personnel of the Philippine National Police and other law enforcement
agencies, The Fire Bureau shall be responsible for the prevention and suppression of all
destructive fires on buildings, houses and other structures, forest, land transportation vehicles
and equipment, ships or vessels docked at piers or wharves or anchored in major seaports,
petroleum industry installations, plane crashes and other similar incidents, as well as the
enforcement of the Fire Code and other related laws.  The Fire Bureau shall have the power to
investigate all causes of fires and, if necessary, file the proper complaints with the city or
provincial prosecutor who has jurisdiction over the case.

BUCOR- The Bureau of Corrections

This Act shall be known as "The Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013″. Section 2. Declaration of

Policy. – It is the policy of the State to promote the general welfare and safeguard the basic rights of
every prisoner incarcerated in our national penitentiary. “ Bureau of Prisons", which was the
name of the agency from 1905 to 1989; abbreviated BuCor) is an agency of
the Department of Justice which is charged with the custody and rehabilitation of
national offenders, who have been sentenced to three years of imprisonment[2] or more.
The agency has its headquarters in the New Bilibid Prison Reservation in Muntinlupa

BI- Bureau of Immigration

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is principally responsible for the administration and enforcement of
immigration, citizenship, and alien admission and registration laws in accordance with the
provisions of the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940.

Section 2 A Bureau of Immigration is established under a Commissioner of Immigration,

who shall have two assistants, a First Deputy Commissioner of Immigration and a
Second Deputy Commissioner of Immigration. For administrative purposes, the Bureau
of Immigration shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Labor or
of any other executive department which the President may subsequently determine.

Bureau of Immigration Chief Siegfred Mison disclosed that the BI has been
closely coordinating with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),
the Philippine National Police (PNP) and international anti-crime bodies to
ensure that no criminal from other countries or foreign nationals with
reported drug links abroad enter the Philippine territory. A new
Memorandum circular, Mison believes, will aid in discouraging foreign
nationals with criminal records or involved in criminal activities in the
Philippines from continuing their illicit activities in the country.

BOC- Bureau of Customs

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is an attached agency of the Department of Finance. It is charged
with assessing and collecting customs revenues, curbing illicit trade and all forms of customs
fraud, and facilitating trade through an efficient and effective customs management system.
Public Act No. 430 transformed the Philippine Customs Service to a Bureau of
Customs and Immigration under the supervision and control of
the Department of Finance and Justice.

LTO- Land Transportation Office 

Is an agency  Philippine government under the Department of

Transportation responsible for all land transportation in the Philippines. Functions of the
LTO include the inspection and registration of motor vehicles, issuance of licenses and
permits, enforcement of land transportation rules and regulations, and adjudication of
traffic cases. On June 20, 1964, R.A. 4136, otherwise known as the “Land
Transportation and Traffic Code” was enacted abolishing the Motor
Vehicle Office and creating the Land Transportation Commission. LTO would
focus on the implementation of various traffic laws, rules and regulations, LTFRB would launch a
campaign against colorum transport service providers, while the HPG and the PNP would assist the
two agencies and intensify the anti-carnapping drive.

PCG – Philippine Coast Guard

The Philippine Coast Guard is an armed and uniformed service tasked primarily with enforcing laws
within Philippine waters, conducting maritime security operations, safeguarding life and property at
sea, and protecting marine environment and resources; similar to coast guards around the world.
5173. AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, PRESCRIBING ITS
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BJMP- Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is an attached agency of the Department

of the Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the
administration and operation of all district, city and municipal jails in
the Philippines with pronged tasks of safekeeping and development of its inmates,
officially classed as persons deprived of liberty (PDL). On January 2, 1991, the
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was created thru Republic Act 6975
as a line Bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government. The
PNP-BJMP inspection teams are also ordered to coordinate with the Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA) to ensure proper handling in case of recovery of illegal drugs and paraphernalia.

PN - Philippine Navy

is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an

estimated strength of 25,000 active service personnel, including the 12,500-
strong Philippine Marine Corps.[2] It operates 81 combat ships, 12 auxiliary ships, 25
aircraft and 8 unmanned aerial vehicles. It shares the responsibility of patrolling the
maritime borders with the Philippine Coast Guard, a formerly attached unit which
became a separate maritime law enforcement agency in 1998.

Section 1. Coast Guards; Objectives. There is hereby created in the Philippine Navy a major unit to
be known as Philippine Coast Guard.

NMIS- National Meat Inspection Services

National Meat Inspection Services or NMIS[3], an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture,
is tasked to serve as the national controlling authority on all matters pertaining to meat and meat
It was created under Presidential Decree No. 7
product inspection and hygiene.
as National Meat Inspection Commission and renamed as National Meat
Inspection Service under R.A. 9296, otherwise known as “The Meat
Inspection Code of the Philippines, “As amended by R.A. 10536. The National
Meat Inspection Service is a specialized regulatory agency in the Department
of Agriculture that is the country's sole national controlling and competent
authority on all matters pertaining to meat inspection and hygiene both for
locally produced and imported meat.

BFAR- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, is an agency of the Philippine
government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for the development, improvement, law
enforcement, management and conservation of the Philippines' fisheries and aquatic resources.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is the
government agency responsible for the development, improvement,
management and conservation of the country's fisheries and aquatic
resources. It was reconstituted as a line bureau by virtue of Republic Act No.
8550 (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998). The PNP is supported by an operational
support unit, the Maritime Group which performs all police function over Philippine territorial waters.

DENR- Department of Environment and Natural Resources

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is responsible for the conservation,
management, and development of the country's environment and natural resources. As provided for
under Section 4 of E.O. 192, the DENR is mandated to be the primary government agency responsible for
the conservation, management, development and proper use of the country's environment and natural
resources, including those in reservations, watershed areas and lands of the public domain, as well as the
licensing and regulation of all natural resources utilization as may be provided by law in order to ensure
equitable sharing of the benefits derived therefrom for the welfare of the present and future generations of
Filipinos.