MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed former policeman turned trial court judge Jaime Santiago as the new National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Friday confirmed the appointment of Santiago. He will replace Medardo de Lemos.
Santiago, who made headlines in the 1990s as a sharpshooter with the Manila Police District (MPD), served at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Western Police District from 1979 to 2000.
He was also a former Deputy Chief of the elite Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team of the MPD.
Santiago received numerous citations as a police officer, including Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year of Metro Manila’s Western Police District, one of the Ten Outstanding Policemen of the Philippines (TOPP) by the Jaycees, and an Act of Heroism Award bestowed by the National Capital Region Police Office, among others.
Santiago, a law graduate from Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU-LAW), was named presiding judge of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) Branch 12 in 2005 and was promoted to presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 3, Manila in 2011.
He was also assistant city prosecutor of the Department of Justice from 2003 to 2006./PN
