DILG, PNP to Bato: 1 week to surrender
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have ordered former PNP chief and current Senator Ronald Dela Rosa to surrender within one week. The specific reasons for his surrender have not yet been disclosed.
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