Manila, July 14 -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III on Monday said he directed the PNP crime laboratory in Calabarzon to hasten the transfer of the items retrieved from Taal Lake to Camp Aguinaldo for forensic examination.

Torre made this directive to determine whether the items inside five sacks found by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) divers from Taal Lake's lakebed are bones of the missing sabungeros (cockfighting aficionados).

"May mga remains na dumating sa Forensic Group, may mga remains na transport galing Batangas and para sa mas mabilis na proseso, we have already directed the Crime Lab of Region 4A at saka yung Batangas to already move forward the operations area para mabilis ang pag transport at ...