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(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee has once again summoned former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon to its hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. But his lawyer, Jose Diño, has said he doubted his client would attend the hearing slated on Monday, January 29. “He will maintain, I think, his right to his personal dignity, specifically his right not be browbeaten (again) with hopelessly, unprovable, and garbage allegations,” Diño said. Faeldon, who is […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Thursday urged the Department of Justice to file smuggling charges against Mark Taguba and several others in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu mess. In a memorandum submitted to the DOJ, the BOC noted that Taguba, businessman Kenneth Dong, Eirene May Tatad, Chinese businessman Chen Ju Long also known as Richard Tan, warehouse caretaker Fidel Anoche Dee, Teejay Marcellana, Manny Li and unidentified individuals whom the BOC believed to have […]
(Eagle News) –The Senate blue ribbon committee on Friday approved former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s request to be temporarily released from the Senate. In his request Faeldon had said he wished to witness his wife giving birth. “Maraming pong salamat chairman Richard Gordon for your decency and compassion,” Faeldon said in a statement. He said with his temporary release, he could now also take his oath as deputy administrator III of the Department of National […]
(Eagle News) — Expect a “major reshuffle” in the Bureau of Customs. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña made the announcement at the agency’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday. “Meron pa ring matitigas ang ulo … We know you. In fact, expect a major reshuffle coming your way,” he said. He said he would do “what it takes” to ensure that the agency was rid of the tara system that sees employees and officials receiving money to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s son and son-in-law have sued Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for damages over his statement linking the two to the entry of a P6.4-billion shabu shipment in the country via Customs express lanes in May. Quoting a Davao court official, a GMA 7 report said Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio filed the charges on December 27. The filing comes days after the younger Duterte resigned from his post as vice […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators on Wednesday slammed the appointment of former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon to a new government post. In a statement, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV alleged Faeldon “knows the dark secrets of the Duterte family that’s why even if he is grossly incompetent, he remains a sacred cow.” Although he did not provide specifics, Trillanes has already accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s son, Paolo Duterte, and his son-in-law Mans Carpio of being part of […]
Lacson says this is “unless his contempt citation is lifted by the Senate acting as a collegial body” (Eagle News) — Former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon “may” have to work via “remote control” from the Senate detention facility when he assumes the post of deputy administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, this is “unless his contempt citation” that led to him being detained in the first place is […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon is back in government service. In a letter dated December 22, President Rodrigo Duterte designated Faeldon as deputy administrator III of the Office of the Civil Defense. The office is under the Department of National Defense. Faeldon came under fire when he was head of the Bureau of Customs after a P6.4-billion shabu shipment managed to enter the country via Customs express lanes in May. The […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Thursday surrendered around 3.5 kilograms of shabu it seized at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. The BoC also arrested Francis Melvin Feliciano and Raquel Kilario dela Cruz, after they tried to claim the package at the FedEx warehouse using a fake identification card on Dec. 11. The card bore the name of one Michael Espino Cruz of 121-C Kowloon St., BF […]
(Eagle News) — One of the personalities facing criminal charges over the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May tried to leave the Philippines on Thursday. Immigration spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said Chen Ju Long, alias Richard Tan or Richard Chen was, however, denied departure by the Bureau of Immigration as he tried to board China Eastern Air flight # 5046 at the Clark International Airport. She said Chen, the owner of […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Customs has filed a smuggling complaint against two individuals for allegedly misdeclaring a shipment of used luxury vehicles and auto parts valued at P7.8 million. A copy of the complaint filed by the BoC before the Manila Prosecutors Office said charged also for unlawful importation were the shipment consignee Julius Catalig, owner of Julerjac Trading; and Customs broker Rodrigo de Guzman. According to the BoC, the shipment […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that former officials of the Bureau of Customs, including former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon can still be made liable on the more than Php 6 billion shabu shipment that had passed through customs during his time. “There is yet no final evidence to establish that Customs personnel are not in any way liable for the importation of drugs and on its […]
