Hubert Webb never left the Philippines —NBI

NEVER LEFT The National Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that Hubert Webb was in the Philippines when the Vizconde Massacre happened in June 30, 1991. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—The National Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that Hubert Webb was in the Philippines when the Vizconde Massacre happened in June 30, 1991.

“The evidence gathered by the task force disclosed that Hubert Jeffery Webb never left the Philippines on the date he said he did. He was seen by several persons who never knew each other and all of whom did not have any reasons to perjure their statements,” the NBI said.

The NBI also used as basis the Bureau of Immigration’s magnetic reel tape, which was used in the 90s for monitoring and intelligence purposes. It contained all travel records of persons departing from and arriving at the country.

Based on the sworn statement of Engineer Jolly Bert Galeon, BI’s chief of the computer section, the reel tape in 1991 showed that Hubert Webb was not on its list.

Webb’s alibi that he was in the United States when the massacre happened was upheld by the Supreme Court when he was acquitted in a decision on December 2010.