NBI satellite office in Aklan opens by April – Aklan guv

BOY RYAN  B. ZABAL

Jobseekers, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and students will no longer spend more than P1,000 for their transportation, hotel and food if the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) satellite office is established in Kalibo, Aklan. 

According to Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores, the NBI targets to open its satellite office in the province of Aklan on April this year.

Miraflores said the opening of an NBI servicing office upon his request to NBI regional director Manuel Almendares would benefit hundreds of residents from Aklan who still have to go to Iloilo City to secure clearances and other NBI services. 

The provincial government will provide space, personnel and office equipments for Aklan to have an online satellite office. 

Miraflores said two employees have been trained in Iloilo City that would attend exclusively for Aklanons seeking clearances.

The governor stressed "the satellite office will decongest the number of applicants who had stay in line for long at the wee hours of the night or at the early hours of the morning in NBI regional office."

“By April, we are looking to establish the NBI satellite office in Aklan,” Miraflores said. 

In August 2012, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan enacted a resolution requesting the NBI head office in Manila through its Iloilo City regional office to facilitate the immediate re-establishment of its satellite office in Aklan. 

To expedite the processing of clearance, the Aklan Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) urged the applicants to register in the NBI clearance application website, secure an endorsement from PESO before proceeding to NBI for processing and issuance of clearance.

Provincial PESO manager Vivian Ruiz-Solano said the procedures will be implemented until the new NBI system is institutionalized and a new satellite office is established in Aklan.