2011, November 14. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) - 75th Anniversary
Litho Offset. APO Productions Unit. Perf. 13 1/4 x 13
Se-tenant Blocks of Four, Sheets of 40 (10 x 4)
Se-tenant Blocks of Four (37,500)
7p Official Seal of the NBI
7p Justice Yulo and President Manuel L. Quezon (Forefathers of NBI)
7p President Manuel Roxas With First NBI Director, J. Pardo de Tavera
7p Magnifying Glass, Laptop
Designers: Atty. Daniel Daganzo, President, NBIIMBAI, 2010-2012; Victorino Serevo, Philpost
First Day Covers: Manila
THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - 75th ANNIVERSARY
According to its official website (http://www.nbi.gov.ph):
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) saw its inception on November 13, 1936 upon approval of Commonwealth Act No. 181 by the legislature. It was the the brainchild of the late President Manuel L. Quezon and Jose Â. Yulo, then Secretary of Justice.
Tasked with organizing a Division of Investigation or DI patterned after the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation were Thomas Dugan, a veteran American police captain from the New York Police Department and Flaviano C. Guerrero, the only Filipino member of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On the basis of stiff physical, mental, and moral standards, 45 men were selected as agents from among 300 applicants. To complement this investigative force was a civilian staff composed of doctors, chemists, fingerprint technicians, photographers, stenographers, and clerks.
During the Japanese occupation, the DI was affiliated with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Philippine Constabulary known as the Bureau of Investigation (BI). Subsequently, during the post-liberation period, all available DI agents were recruited by the US Army CIC as investigators.
Since then, the Bureau assumed an increasingly significant role. Thus, on June 19, 1947, by virtue of Republic Act No. 157, it was reorganized into the Bureau of Investigation. Later, it was amended by Executive Order No. 94 issued on October 4, 1947 renaming it to what it is presently known, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
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