Tag: BOC

UPDATED: Senate issues arrest order vs Faeldon

By Meanne Corvera Eagle  News Service The Senate has issued an arrest order against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon over his repeated refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the bureau via express lanes. Senate Sergeant at Arms Retired General Jose Balajadia confirmed they received the order around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. But Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard […]

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Senate blue ribbon committee cites absent Faeldon in contempt

(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee cited former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he failed to show up in Thursday’s hearing into corruption in the Bureau of Customs. “Make sure that he shares information and that he is brought here on Monday,” committee chair Senator Richard Gordon said. Earlier, Gordon urged the committee to take action on Faeldon, noting some of his “contentious remarks” in justifying his absence in the hearing. […]

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Davao Vice Mayor Duterte on Trillanes’ insistence that a photo of his supposed “dragon tattoo” be taken: “No way”

(Eagle News) — “No way.” This was what Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte retorted when Senator Antonio Trillanes insisted that a photograph of the presidential son’s supposed “dragon tattoo” be taken. Trillanes had said he wanted a picture of the supposed tattoo on the presidential son’s back so this could be sent to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency and could be “decoded.” “We can ask the sergeant at arms to accompany you. Bigay natin […]

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Mans Carpio on why he was in then-Customs Commissioner Faeldon’s office: I was explaining advocacy of a client

(Eagle News) — The son-in-law of President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied he was engaged in illegal activities involving the Bureau of Customs, noting that he was only at one point in the Office of the Commissioner because he was representing a client. Mans Carpio said he went to the office of then-Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to explain to him the “crusade” of a certain “Mr. Reta.” He said “Mr. Reta” wanted the BoC to use […]

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P9 milyon na halaga ng sibuyas at carrots mula sa China, kinumpiska ng Customs

(Eagle News) — Kinumpiska ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang siyam na milyong pisong halaga ng sibuyas at carrots mula sa China sa Manila International Container Port dahil sa kawalan ng import permit at mis-declaration. Ayon kay MICP District Collector lawyer Vincent Philip Maronilla, ang ipinuslit na red at white onions ay nagkakahalaga ng 7.2 million pesos habang ang carrots ay 1.8 million pesos. Hinarang ang shipment dahil sa paglabag sa Customs Modernization and Tariff […]

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President Duterte defends son-in-law vs Trillanes’ accusations; says estranged wife of son Paolo “not a Duterte”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday defended his son-in-law from Senator Antonio Trillanes’ allegations he was linked to the alleged Davao Group involved in illegal transactions with the Bureau of Customs, while disowning the estranged wife of his son Paolo who was being linked to smuggling activities. According to the President, Mans Carpio, the husband of his daughter Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, was seen in the BoC headquarters because he was a lawyer […]

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Senator Trillanes threatens to cite Customs Chief Faeldon in contempt

(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday threatened to cite Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon  in contempt after he refused to answer questions on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Faeldon said he would not answer the question because “In the past few days, the honorable senator has come up with a lot of accusations already that I am in the middle of the smuggling of shabu in the country.” “It is pointless for me […]

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More senators call on Malacanang to “show the door” to Faeldon

Opposition and administration lawmakers want him out of BOC   (Eagle News) — More senators are asking for Malacanang to “show the door” to Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon citing the results of hearings on the P6.4 billion shabu shipment that had passed through the customs bureau without any inspection. Both opposition and administration senators are calling for his resignation, with both Liberal Party senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Franklin Drilon citing the “bipartisan clamor” for […]

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Several senators admit links to alleged middleman in P6.4-B drug shipment but vow they will not condone any wrongdoing

(Eagle News) — Several senators have links to Kenneth Dong, the man tagged as the middleman in the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, but they vowed they would not condone any wrongdoing. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Juan Miguel Zubiri admitted on Wednesday they served as sponsors to the wedding of Dong, who appeared for the first time before the Senate blue ribbon committee investigating the entry of the contraband. In a […]

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Customs broker names alleged corrupt Customs officials, employees

Several deny allegations (Eagle News) — A Customs broker named Customs employees and officials he said received grease money from him for every shipment transaction. During the ways and means committee hearing into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, Mark Taguba named Deputy Commissioner Teddy Raval of the intelligence group; Atty. Philip Maronilla of the Manila International Container Terminal; Teddy Sagaral; a certain Major Gutierrez who passed away last month; Director […]

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Faeldon not yet off the hook

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon may still face charges in connection with the Php 6.4 billion worth of shabu that entered the country. “Nobody is safe, even me,” Dominguez said on Wednesday, August 2. President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will respect the outcome of the investigation of Congress in the issues involving Faeldon, a sentiment repeated by Faeldon’s superior, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez. “We will wait for the results […]

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Senator Angara asks DOF to intervene, as he and BoC clash over correct interpretation of Balikbayan Box law

Senator Juan Edgardo Angara has asked the Department of Finance (DOF) to “immediately” intervene as he and the Bureau of Customs clashed over the correct interpretation of the Balikbayan Box law. The senator made the request as he stood by his stand that Customs Administrative Order No. 5-2016, which only allows duty and tax-free Balikbayan boxes per sender in any given calendar year provided they do not exceed P150,000, was a misinterpretation of the Balikbayan box law. […]

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