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JUSTICE Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to join an intensified search for the missing University of the Philippines (UP) law professor Ryan P. Oliva, whose belongings were found recently along the Barangay Balikyas coast, Looc. , Occidental Mindoro.
Oliva, who also works in the Legislative Liaison Unit of the Department of Tourism, has been reported missing since November 21.
Guevarra said the NBI will coordinate with local officials in Western Mindoro and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the search for the missing lawyer.
“The NBI Mimaropa field office is already involved in the search for Oliva. I have directed the Head of the ICO [NBI officer-in-charge Eric B. Distor] intensify the NBI coordination with the local police of Looc, Western Mindoro and the Philippine Coast Guard in the joint search, ”said the Attorney General.
Mimaropa is an administrative region that encompasses the provinces of Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan and Romblon.
According to the initial NBI investigation, Oliva was last seen at a resort in Batangas province.
He reportedly hired a taxi driver to take him to any tourist center in Nasugbu, Batangas.
The driver told investigators that they stopped at a resort in Barangay Wawa in Nasugbu and Oliva told him to wait for him as he had to check the resort first.
After several hours, a tricycle driver approached him and told him that Oliva already wanted him to return to Manila.
Investigators are still gathering more information that may lead to Oliva’s whereabouts.
