The Department of Justice said on Thursday that Rodel Jayme, the man who allegedly connected to “Totoong Narco-list” video would face multiple charges.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) took Jayme after they served a search warrant against the alleged website owner of Metro Balita which one of the sites that first shared the video of alias “Bikoy.” accusing the presidential family of receiving money from illegal businesses.

In a press conference, Guevarra said that Jayme would be charged with Inciting to Sedition, Cyber Libel and other lawsuits for involving Veronica “Kitty” Duterte in the controversial video.

DOJ also said that Jayme might face additional charges, depending on the final results of their investigation.

People who are guilty of inciting to sedition would be confined for six years with a fine of not exceeding P2,000.

Despite the charges filed against Jayme, DOJ is still not sure if Bikoy and the former is the same person.

The camp of Jayme is still not giving a statement as of writing.

Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday reacted on the move of the government to hunt the man behind the “Totoong Narco-list” video featuring a hooded-man with an alias of “Bikoy.”

Instead of considering as a destabilizer of the government, Robredo believes that Bikoy should be admitted to a witness protection program to reveal if the allegations against the first family are true.

She also recommended that the government should protect Bikoy because he might know something important about the powerful Dutertes.

“Hindi ba dapat bigyan ng proteksyon para malaman kung totoo o hindi ang sinasabi? Kasi hindi naman natin, wala naman tayong way of knowing kung totoo o hindi… May sinasabi siyang mga bank accounts. Bakit hindi tingnan kung totoo? Kasi ano lang naman eh, madali naman i-check iyon. Kung hindi totoo, eh ‘di gustong sabihin, nagsisinungaling iyong Bikoy,” Robredo said in an chance interview.

Robredo also said that if Bikoy is being hunted by the government, the government should also search for the people publishing fake news about her on social media.

She even said that some of the people publishing false information about her might be receiving a payroll from the government.

“Sana iyong lahat na nag-uupload ng mga fake na news, sana inaaresto rin. Biktima ako since 2016 ng maraming fake news. Pero ang masama nito kasi iyong ibang gumagawa ng fake news, parang, sinusuwelduhan pa ng pamahalaan. Sana pantay iyong pag-treat sa lahat, ‘di ba? Lahat na nagsasabi ng kasinungalingan, eh ‘di arestuhin, panagutin,” she said.

Several months ago, a Youtube user uploaded a series of videos titled “Totoong Narco-List” which accused the Duterte family and senatorial candidate Christopher “Bong” Go of receiving payrolls from illegal businesses.

Yesterday, members of National Bureau of Investigation made a search warrant against Rodel Jayme, who’s allegedly one of the first people who shared the said videos on the internet by using his website Metro Balita.

The Department of Justice clarified that they are still not sure if Jayme and Bikoy are the same person.

Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed the identity of the man who allegedly published the “Totoong Narco-list” videos on Youtube featuring a hooded man with an alias “Bikoy”.

In a press conference, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra revealed that a certain Rodel Jayme was invited by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for allegedly publishing the video accusing the presidential family of receiving kickbacks from illegal businesses.

Rodel Jayme (right) with Vice President Leni Robredo (left)

According to their investigation, Jayme was the owner of Metro Balita, one of the first websites that first shared the videos on the internet.

However, he clarified that they’re not still sure if Bikoy and Jayme are the same person.

Guevarra revealed that he ordered a joint investigation about the said videos on Holy Wednesday and on April 29, Makati RTC Judge Andres Soriano issued a search warrant against Jayme. On the next day, Jayme home was raided by the authorities.

On April 25, blogger Sass Rogando Sasot already accused Jayme of being the owner of Metro Balita, showing the advertisement banner ID of the said website.

“Metrobalita.net’s AdSense ID is 9287075011637877. Some of my readers were able to trace all the websites bearing that ID, which eventually led us to the identity of the person behind metrobalita.net. Out of fear for their lives, they asked me not to disclose the identities revealed.” Sasot said.

“Google AdSense ID 9287075011637877 can also be seen in another online version of Metro Balita, when it was still a dot com instead of a dot net website. The domain registrant of the old dot com version is Rodel Jayme. This information is publicly accessible via WHOXY, an online tool that reveals the domain registration records of websites.” she added.

The matrix revealed by Palace also showed Metro Balita as part of the conspiracy behind the alleged destabilization plot against the current administration.

Correction: The surname of Rodel is Jayme, not Jaime as earlier reported.

A netizen wrote a lengthy post on how she removed her own doubts on voting Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in the upcoming senatorial elections this month.

Netizen Jhoie Peji, who said that she’s hesitating in voting the retired General said that she made some research on the credentials of Bato, saying that she was surprised on the educational background of the latter.

In her post, Jhoie said that she realized that Dela Rosa seems secretive in her educational background, not because the latter lack of it, but only being humble despite running as a senator.

She listed in her post some of the courses finished by Dela Rosa, including his Ph.D. in development administration that he got in 2006.

According to Jhoie, after her research, she already knew why Bato showed some intellect during the debate happened several days ago against the Otso Diretso candidates.

You can read her post below:

“At first, I was having doubt about voting Bato in the Senate. Sa puso at paglilingkod bayan no doubt, I can see his sincerity, pero siyempre lahat tayo gusto natin hindi rin basta basta yung ilalagay natin sa senado na gagawa ng mga batas. So I check the candidates’ credentials. I am really amaze and impress. isa na naman patunay na marami tlg ang humble sa Davao. Marami ang minamaliit si Bato, maybe the way he speaks, hindi kasi siya pa impress, and he speaks the truth and straight forward. Our simple and humble Bato Dela Rosa was educated at Bato Elementary School and Sta. Cruz National High School before attending Mindanao State University (MSU) to study for a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration. In 1982, he left MSU to join the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and graduated in 1986 as part of PMA Sinagtala class. He then earned a Masters of Public Administration degree in 1998 and a Ph.D. in development administration in 2006 from the University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao City.
Dela Rosa completed a Scout Ranger Orientation Course, Police Intelligence Officer Advance Course, Police Officers’ Comptrollership Course, and the Police Safety Officer Course. He also attended training courses of the FBI Academy and U.S. Army Ranger School in the United States and Air Marshal Instructors Course by the Australian Federal Police.

Actress Agot Isidro finally showed the senatorial bets that she’s going to vote in the upcoming election this month.

In her tweet, Agot showed to her followers the ten senate bets that she’s going to support.

The list included Gary Alejano, Bam Aquino, Chel Diokno, Samira Gutoc, Florin Hilbay, Romulo Macalintal, Mar Roxas, Erin Tanada who’s all members of Otso Diretso.

She also added two senatoriables who supported by the left, they’re Neri Colmenares and Leody De Guzman.

“RT (Retweet) if we have the same list” Isidro said in her post.

#KodigoKo#OtsoDiretso + 2

RT if we have the same list ? pic.twitter.com/4alBqpE4mm

— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) April 29, 2019

Some of her followers also said that they already voted Otso Diretso during the absentee voting held in different parts of the planet.

#KodigoKo #OFWHK
Voted already pic.twitter.com/OAkrnDz6Cm

— lola (@lola_sk) April 29, 2019

Some are already prepared to give a list of candidates in the upcoming elections to guide the voters to vote for Otso Diretso bets.

Time to give away kodigos. pic.twitter.com/tXMaBvHlcC

— Miguel (@DelrMiguel) April 29, 2019

Isidro is known to be a supporter of Otso Diretso and even fell in love with one of its candidates Florin Hilbay.

However, President Duterte believed that the relationship between Isidro and Hilbay is only part of their campaigning.

Actress Agot Isidro praised senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa for facing the six members of Otso Diretso in the debate organized by CNN Philippines.

In her tweet, Isidro said that Bato should be given credit after he showed up in the debate even he’s already aware that he’s going to be outnumbered by the opposition candidates.

“Let’s give credit to Bato for showing up and participating, knowing he’d be outnumbered. He was a good sport. You have to give him that.” Isidro said in her tweet.

Let’s give credit to Bato for showing up and participating, knowing he’d be outnumbered. He was a good sport.

You have to give him that.

— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) April 28, 2019

In another post, she also said that Otso Diretso showed in the debate that they’re going to give the people an independent Senate.

“At the CNN debate, the participating Otso Diretso candidates showed us a glimpse of how an independent Senate would be like. We NEED them there.” Isidro said.

At the CNN debate, the participating Otso Diretso candidates showed us a glimpse of how an independent senate would be like.

We NEED them there. ??@GaryAlejano @ChelDiokno @SamiraGutoc @fthilbay @attyromymac @erintanada #OtsoDiretsoSaSenado

— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) April 28, 2019

Agot is known for criticizing the current administration where Dela Rosa belongs.

Dela Rosa stole the show when he bravely faced the opposition bets in the debate who repeatedly criticized his policies during his time as the head of Philippine National Police.

Despite being outnumbered, Dela Rosa showed that he can manage to exchange ideas and explain his beliefs in front of the voters.

Senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has been spotted helping a rider who got bumped by a bus along Globe Rotonda in Pasay City on Tuesday.

In the photo posted by Carlo Dalusong Andrade who also stopped for a while to check the incident, it showed Bato talking to the driver of the bus who bumped a rider who’s still unidentified yet.

According to Andrade, Bato who’s wearing a Barong Tagalog tried to help the rider by talking to the bus driver and calling the nearest law enforcers while they’re waiting for an ambulance.

Andrade was amazed that a high-profile person like Bato would not hesitate to go out of his vehicle to help normal people.

“What a good man. Hindi nagatubili na bumaba sa sasakyan nia at tulungan ang kapwa ntn rider na nabundol na bus. Isang mapagpalang araw sayo. SENATOR BATO. Sana all. Hehehe.” Andrade said.

Andrade narrated that Bato’s vehicle was only next to the bus when the incident happened, so he ordered his driver to stop his car and check the situation personally.

He also said that Bato quickly called an enforcer to assist the situation.

“Nkita ko mismo yan kasunod ng bus ung sasakyan ni sen. Bato huminto tlga cla para tumulong sa nadisgrasya. Cia pa nagpatwag ng enforcer.” he said.

The rider, who’s sitting after being hurt by the incident was thankful that Bato is there to help him.

Bato during his senatorial campaign vowed to serve the people 24/7 and he’s willing to use his experience as a cop to contribute in making laws and solving important issues.

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Senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa told the members of Otso Diretso that he didn’t break his promise to face them without fear as he clashed with the opposition candidates single-handedly in the debate sponsored by CNN Philippines several days ago.

In a post, Dela Rosa narrated how tense was the situation during the debate that senatorial candidate Rafael Alunan already stood up in the middle to calm him and the other members of Otso Diretso.

According to him, if Alunan is not there, he’s not going to stop in debating with the Otso Diretso members.

Bato also said that a policeman like him would not be afraid of debating with the opposition bets which consisted of lawyers.

“Kinuyog ako ng otso diretso sa cnn debate mabuti na lang andoon si sec alunan para umawat. Ha ha ha hindi ko kayo aatrasan sa debate kahit puro kayo mga abogado. Akala ninyo aatrasan kayo ng isang pulis lang?” Dela Rosa said.

Several months ago, Bato already expressed his willingness to debate with Otso Diretso candidates anytime, anywhere even if he’s alone.

“Improving the country is done through action and not words. You’re good at debates but you haven’t done anything,” Dela Rosa said in Filipino.

Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) Chairman and Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte was amazed by senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s performance during the CNN Philippines debate.

During an ambush interview after their campaign rally in Mambajao, Camiguin, Inday Sara said that Bato handled and outshined the six members of Otso Diretso who tried to debate with the latter about different important issues in the country.

He said that Bato has the characteristics of being a leader of the country in the future, citing that he raised his ideas on social issues very well.

“We are happy on General Bato’s performance during the debate and what I said to him a while ago, because of his performance on the debate, he could be the next president of the country,” Duterte said.

Bato is not yet giving a response to Inday Sara’s statement.

Dela Rosa who’s a close ally of President Rodrigo Duterte catches the attention of the netizens after he became passionate several times while facing the opposition members who criticized the current administration’s policies and his performance as the head of Philippine National Police (PNP).

Several politicians like Sen. Panfilo Lacson and Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian was also expressed their surprise on how Bato faced the six members of Otso Diretso who almost ganged him during the debate.

A political strategist was fearless to state his prediction to the public, saying that five out of eight members of Otso Diretso could become a senator this year.

Aurelio German, a political strategist who got invited to an interview with DZMM said that people are only afraid, to tell the truth when being asked by survey firms because of the nature of the government.

According to him, the people who asked are only afraid to say that they’re going to vote the members of Otso Diretso because the government might hunt them.

“Ang survey, may chance ‘yan na hindi makatotohanan. ‘Yung mga sinasabi nila, ng mga sagot nila, maraming mga factors ‘yan. Maaring natatakot magsabi ng katotohanan,” he told the radio hosts.

“Sa atmosphere ng politika ngayon, hindi natin alam, baka ma-riding-in-tandem ako kapag sumagot ako ng mali eh… May fear factor. Ang mga tinatanong sa survey, siyempre they want to be sure of their safety,” he added.

He didn’t disclose the name of the five Otso Diretso candidates who could win the elections in his fearless forecast.

While the latest surveys showed that no Otso Diretso candidates reached the “magic 12” he said that there’s a chance for Mar Roxas and Bam Aquino to win the elections.