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Robert Barbers
Robert Zabala Barbers (January 19, 1944 – December 25, 2005) was a Filipino police officer and politician. Barbers had served in the police force for almost three decades prior to becoming part of the government of the Philippines. He served in the legislature as the representative of the second district of Surigao del Norte (1992–1996), whose second term was ended by his appointment as secretary of the interior and local government, and as senator (1998–2004).
Barbers was born in the then-municipality of Surigao in formerly undivided Surigao province, on January 19, 1944, to Félix Barbers of Ilocos, a judge, and Regina Zabala of Surigao, who would serve as division superintendent of schools and vice governor of Surigao del Norte.
His ancestors, the Barbieri clan, originally came from Sicily, Italy, with his grandfather being an American soldier. Meanwhile, the family's local roots are in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur. His paternal uncle, retired police general James Barbers, was a Vice Mayor of Manila and superintendent of the Western Police District.
Barbers finished elementary (1955) and secondary education (1959, as valedictorian) in his hometown.
While serving as a police officer, he studied AB Political Science at the University of the Philippines and Silliman University but completed his degree in 1981 at the Lyceum of the Philippines University, where he also earned his Bachelor of Laws in 1985.
He later went on to earn Master of Science degrees in criminology (Metro Manila College) and in national security administration (National Defense College) in 1992 and 1994, respectively.
Barbers was enlisted by his uncle James, then chief of the Integrated National Police – Western Police District (INP–WPD), in the police force, and topped the examinations in the Manila Police Department (MPD). He spent 27 years as a police officer in the city. He started in 1960s as a patrolman, and later rose through the ranks, eventually becoming colonel before quitting the police force in 1991 to run for Congress.
Barbers served as chief of the Ermita station and, under the leadership of Alfredo Lim in the WPD, of two WPD divisions handling high-profile crimes. When Lim became the director of the National Bureau of Investigation in 1990, he took Barbers and designated him as chief of the NBI Police Special Task Force. He was also the inspector of the National Police Commission.
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Robert Barbers
Robert Zabala Barbers (January 19, 1944 – December 25, 2005) was a Filipino police officer and politician. Barbers had served in the police force for almost three decades prior to becoming part of the government of the Philippines. He served in the legislature as the representative of the second district of Surigao del Norte (1992–1996), whose second term was ended by his appointment as secretary of the interior and local government, and as senator (1998–2004).
Barbers was born in the then-municipality of Surigao in formerly undivided Surigao province, on January 19, 1944, to Félix Barbers of Ilocos, a judge, and Regina Zabala of Surigao, who would serve as division superintendent of schools and vice governor of Surigao del Norte.
His ancestors, the Barbieri clan, originally came from Sicily, Italy, with his grandfather being an American soldier. Meanwhile, the family's local roots are in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur. His paternal uncle, retired police general James Barbers, was a Vice Mayor of Manila and superintendent of the Western Police District.
Barbers finished elementary (1955) and secondary education (1959, as valedictorian) in his hometown.
While serving as a police officer, he studied AB Political Science at the University of the Philippines and Silliman University but completed his degree in 1981 at the Lyceum of the Philippines University, where he also earned his Bachelor of Laws in 1985.
He later went on to earn Master of Science degrees in criminology (Metro Manila College) and in national security administration (National Defense College) in 1992 and 1994, respectively.
Barbers was enlisted by his uncle James, then chief of the Integrated National Police – Western Police District (INP–WPD), in the police force, and topped the examinations in the Manila Police Department (MPD). He spent 27 years as a police officer in the city. He started in 1960s as a patrolman, and later rose through the ranks, eventually becoming colonel before quitting the police force in 1991 to run for Congress.
Barbers served as chief of the Ermita station and, under the leadership of Alfredo Lim in the WPD, of two WPD divisions handling high-profile crimes. When Lim became the director of the National Bureau of Investigation in 1990, he took Barbers and designated him as chief of the NBI Police Special Task Force. He was also the inspector of the National Police Commission.