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(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday, Jan. 24, filed charges against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña and several others in connection with the shabu said to have been found in magnetic lifters last year. Lapeña, who is now the head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, was slapped with administrative charges–for alleged dereliction of duty and grave misconduct—and criminal charges for graft over the illegal drugs that were allegedly […]
(Eagle News)—The garbage which was illegally shipped to Misamis Oriental last year will be sent back to South Korea next week. “We expect the 51 garbage-filled containers stored at MICT (Mindanao International Container Terminal) to be home-bound by January 9 provided that all regulatory requirements are readily available,” MICT port collector John Simon said. The 1200 tons of trash arrived at the MICT port on Oct. 21. The BOC intercepted the “misdeclared shipment” in November […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Finance has ordered the Bureau of Customs to donate 30,000 bags of undocumented rice shipments to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez made the announcement in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday, Dec. 25. According to Dominguez, he gave the order to Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero last month. Earlier, the BOC under then-Commissioner Isidro Lapeña donated 16,000 rice bags to the same agency. Goods under the […]
(Eagle News)—Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon on Friday, Dec. 14, vowed to resign if his son was proven to have links to illegal drugs. “What I can assure everybody is if my son is involved in any way, kahit user lang, I will… hunt him down. Ako na ang paparusa diyan,” he added in a television interview, referring to Nicanor Faeldon Jr. The younger Faeldon was nabbed in a suspected drug den in Naga […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has already drafted the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the fuel marking program which is set for implementation next year to suppress oil smuggling in the country. The Bureau of Customs, together with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), will lead the fuel marking program’s implementation. The BIR has said that it had already drafted the IRR for the program. The masterplan, on the other hand, will be […]
“If they find anything anomalous, I will voluntarily walk into any detention facility,” he says (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, Nov. 26, welcomed the government’s probe into his parents’ transactions with the government, saying he would “voluntarily walk into any detention facility kahit sa Davao” if investigators find anything anomalous. “I welcome (President Rodrigo) Duterte’s statement on probing supposed transactions of my deceased father (PMA Class ’59 retired in 1988 and died […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, Nov. 26, is seeking a Senate probe into what she said was the “military takeover” of the Bureau of Customs. De Lima made the call months after President Rodrigo Duterte replaced Isidro Lapeña with Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who had just retired as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff. “The operationalization of the military take-over of the BOC threatens to violate the provisions of the Constitution on the […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña on Friday, Nov. 23, filed libel charges against former Customs X-ray chief Lourdes Mangaoang. The charges lodged before the Taguig Prosecutors Office stem from Mangaoang’s testimony before the Senate hearing the P11-billion shabu shipment that was allegedly smuggled inside the country that he said destroyed his reputation. Mangaoang had said Lapeña, now the director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, had been coaching witnesses being invited to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has formally appointed former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon at the helm of the Bureau of Corrections. The appointment was made via a letter dated November 19 and which was sent to the Office of the Justice Secretary. The office has jurisdiction over the Department of National Defense, of which Faeldon is now an administrator. As director of BuCor, Faeldon replaces former Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa, who […]
(Eagle News)–Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2019 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte himself, the former vice mayor’s father, revealed this in a speech before members of the Filipino community in Papua New Guinea on Friday, Nov. 16. The President is attending the 26th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Econonic Leaders Meeting there, but cut short his trip. “I think he’s (Paolo Duterte) running for […]
(Eagle News) — Para hindi na umano malusutan ng bulto-bultong smuggled goods at shabu, iminungkahi ni Negros Oriental Cong. Arnolfo Teves Jr., kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pondohan ang pagpapalakas ng X-ray capability ng Bureau of Customs. Ayon kay Teves, lumiham na siya kay Pangulong Duterte para mailatag ang kanyang mungkahi. Paliwanag ng kongresista, ang 25 billion pesos ay gagamitin sa pagbili ng dalawang daang makabagong X-ray machine na ang bawat isa ay nagkakahalaga umano […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. “Until and unless proven otherwise, he still enjoys the trust and confidence of the appointing authority who happens to be the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. Panelo, however, noted also that “no one, friends or political foes alike, is spared in our fight against corruption.” “The [National Bureau of Investigation] has […]
