WIRE — [Updated July 31, 2026, 8:46 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will subpoena Batangas First District Rep. Leandro Leviste and former Rep. Jing Paras over an affidavit of a nabbed talent manager, stating that they supposedly planned to frame Executive Secretary Ralph Recto in a bugaw, or human trafficking, modus operandi.
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