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(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The owner of the Valenzuela warehouse where the P6.5-billion drug shipment arrived in May said he did not personally know Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon until he met him on May 25, when Customs personnel raided the warehouse for the contraband. Richard Tan, owner of Hong Fei Logistics, made the statement as Senate blue ribbon committee Richard Gordon grilled him about several pictures showing him and the Customs chief smiling. Tan, through an […]
(Eagle News) — One of the several Customs officials named as corrupt by a Customs broker in a House hearing on Monday has resigned. In his resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte and dated Aug. 8, Milo Maestrecampo, director of the Bureau of Customs’ Imports and Assessment Service, said he was stepping down “in order to fight for my honor and integrity and in the name of ‘delicadeza.’” He said this was despite the […]
(Eagle News) — Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Friday defended his move to hire current and retired sports athletes as “technical assistants,” saying they “bridge the gap” between his office and the general public. “..We need to bring in effective communicators, so (we have) iconic players like Kenneth Duremdes, Marlou Aquino who have millions of Filipino followers because the Filipinos love basketball,” Faeldon said in a press conference. According to Faeldon, apart from improving […]
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. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bribery at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) continues as revealed by Senator Panfilo Lacson. The senator pointed out that this is the reason why Php 6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs was able to enter the country. Lacson also revealed the so-called “3 o’clock habit” which is the giving of bribes to Customs officials every Friday. Lacson said that each bribe is worth Php 27, 000 to Php 30, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte decided to retain Nicanor Faeldon as Customs Commissioner amid hearings being done at the House of Representatives on the controversial Php 6.4 billion worth of shabu that managed to pass through the Bureau of Customs. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that the President still expressed confidence and trust in Commissioner Faeldon. “The President has met Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon (Tuesday) afternoon. The Chief […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday sent summons for Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to go to Malacañang in the middle of the hearing of the House of Representatives committee on the P6.4 billion shabu shipment wherein Faeldon’s men had not followed proper procedure. It was Surigao del Norte Second District Representative Robert Ace Barbers himself who had announced that Faeldon was being called to the Palace by the President. “I just […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Isidro Lapeña on Tuesday, August 1, asked for an executive session or closed-door briefing with lawmakers due to the sensitivity of matters revolving around the conduct of the raid on the illegal shabu shipment worth P6.4 billion. Lapeña made the request during the House committee hearing on the raid conducted by the PDEA and the National Bureau of Investigation in two warehouses in Valenzuela […]
(Eagle News) — More than P1 billion worth of shabu was seized by authorities over the weekend, the National Bureau of Investigation said on Monday. The 505 kilograms of shabu worth P1.5 billion were seized in a raid held by the Bureau of Customs, the NBI, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Valenzuela police in a brokerage warehouse in Valenzuela City on Saturday. According to the NBI, the operation was based on information received […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nasabat ng Bureau of Customs ang nasa labinlimang milyong pisong halaga ng sibuyas. Bukod rito, sisimulan na rin nila ang kampanya laban sa mga nagbabalak na mag-smuggle ng armas.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinimulan na ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang dose oras (12 Hours) na operasyon sa anim na pantalan sa bansa. Kasunod ito ng paglaki ng trade volume sa malalaking pantalan sa bansa kabilang na ang Manila, Batangas, Davao, Cebu, Cagayan De Oro, at Manila International Container Port. Ang operasyon ng BOC ay nagsisimula na ngayon ng alas siete ng umaga (7:00 AM) hanggang alas siete ng gabi (7:00 PM). Samantala, […]
