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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accused Senator Antonio Trillanes IV of owning bank accounts outside the country. “I’m coming out with Trillanes’ bank accounts all over,” the President said in his speech during the closing ceremony of the 26th Mindanao Business Conference in Cagayan de Oro. Duterte made the announcement after Trillanes accused his son, Paolo, and son-in-law Mans Carpio of owning more than P100 million each in each of their accounts, of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate is willing to give former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon ample time and opportunity to explain himself, as the plan to arrest him on Friday over his failure to appear in Senate hearings did not push through. Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon said that he does not want to embarrass Faeldon by arresting him but stressed that the former Customs chief must explain why the P6.4-billion […]
(Eagle News) — They’re pure baloney, wild propaganda. This was how the lawyer of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte described Senator Antonio Trillanes’ allegations against his client. According to Rainier Madrid, who is also the vice mayor’s spokesperson, Trillanes’ claims the younger Duterte was a member of a triad, and was involved in illegal activities with corrupt Customs officials and employees, were only meant to “create perceptions in the minds of people.” For this, Madrid […]
(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. […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Both Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio on Thursday admitted to knowing Charlie Tan, a supposed player in corruption in the Bureau of Customs, but noted that they knew nothing about his supposed illegal activities. The presidential son said Tan was his “friend” whom he knew to be a nightclub owner who was also engaged in a seafood business in Palawan and in a piggery business. Carpio said that was […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawang Mercedes Benz at mga parte nito ang nasabat ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) sa Manila International Container Port (MICP). Ang shipment na nakapangalan sa Juljerjac Trading ay hinarang dahil sa paglabag sa Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) matapos na hindi maideklara ang tunay nitong laman. Ayon sa Customs, idineklarang parte ng sasakyan ang laman ng shipment pero nang buksan, dalawang 2009 model na Mercedes Benz ang nakita sa loob ng […]
Gordon warns Trillanes vs making “baseless allegations” (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes on Thursday accused Davao Vice Mayor of being a member of a “triad” based on a supposed tattoo on the presidential son’s back. But Senator Richard Gordon, Senate blue ribbon committee chair, warned Trillanes against making “baseless allegations.” Trillanes said the “dragon” tattoo the presidential son supposedly had was the “physical proof” that he was a member of the syndicate, based on […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte has arrived at the Senate. The presidential son was seen in the premises past 9:30 a.m. He is currently being held outside the plenary. He and his brother in law Mans Carpio were invited by the Senate blue ribbon committee to shed light on the entry of a P6.4-billion drug shipment via Customs express lanes in the country in May. This was after fixer Mark Taguba claimed […]
(Eagle News) – Newly installed commissioner of the Bureau of Customs, Isidro Lapeña, has abolished the bureau’s Command Center which was created by his predecessor Nicanor Faeldon to issue alert orders for incoming shipments at the customs bureau. Lapeña, through Customs Memorandum Order No. 14-2017, abolished Comcen saying that this creation was not mandated by law. The order “reverted to the deputy commissioners of the Intelligence Group, Enforcement Group, and all district collectors nationwide […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday rejected Senator Trillanes IV’s request to summon President Rodrigo Duterte’s son Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and son-in-law Mans Carpio, noting that the information that they were behind the alleged Davao Group was mere “hearsay.” The information was given by fixer Mark Taguba at a Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes on Thursday. “Sa akin, […]
