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(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña lashed out at the National Bureau of Investigation for filing charges against him in connection with the vanished 105 ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs early this year. According to Lapeña, who now heads the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the unlawful release of such would not have been discovered in the first place if not for the 22 alert orders he issued on the 119 […]
Pagsasailalim sa kontrol ng militar sa BOC, tinutulan; korapsyon ‘di mareresolba ng militar – Sen. Gatchalian (Eagle News) — Hindi kumbinsido ang mga senador sa desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na isailalim sa military control ang Bureau of Customs (BOC). Naniniwala si Senador Sherwin Gatchalian na temporary solutions lamang ito at magpapatuloy pa rin aang katiwalian sa ahensya. Embeded na raw kasi ang katiwalian sa customs at nakasanayan na ng mga empleado ang ganitong kalakaran. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 25, removed Isidro Lapeña as Bureau of Customs commissioner, replacing him with Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) administrator Rey Leonardo Guerrero. He also ordered the new Bureau of Customs chief, Guerrero, to remove from their key positions all commissioners and department heads of the bureau. He said that these personnel should be placed on “floating status” and that it does not matter that if this will […]
(Eagle News) — Maaaring pinagtatakpan lamang umano ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang pagiging incompetent nito kasunod ng pagkakapuslit ng 6.8 billion pesos na halaga ng shabu sa bansa. Ayon kay Senate Dangerous Drugs Committee Chairman Ping Lacson, hindi pa siya handa na paniwalaan na pinagtatakpan ni Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña ang isang sindikato ng droga. Sinabi ito ni Lacson kasunod ng mga alegasyon sa pagitan ng mga opisyal ng BOC at mga grupo ng […]
(Eagle News) — A report which President Rodrigo Duterte ordered declassified implicated current and former officials of the Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Customs to the illegal drug trade. Among those linked to drug-related activities were former PDEA deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr., former head of the PNP’s now-defunct Anti-Illegal Drugs Group ex-Sr. Supt. Eduardo Acierto, and Bureau of Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban. According to the report, Fajardo, who was fired by PDEA […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized P4.5 million worth of smuggled onions from China. In a statement on Monday, June 11, BOC Commissioner Isidro Lapena said the three-footer containers that held the onions arrived on May 22 and were confiscated after an X-ray scan by the X-ray Inspection Project. The BOC said the shipment was consigned to Precious Prince Enterprises supposedly located on 15320-B Street corner Michael Street, San Agustin Village, Moonwalk, Parañaque […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 30, fired a Customs deputy commissioner. The President made the announcement of the dismissal of Noel Patrick Sales Prudente during the condemnation of smuggled luxury vehicles. He cited Prudente’s alleged excessive travels to Singapore and Europe for his dismissal. “He is now under investigation by the House. Matagal yang investigation sa House. I will cut short the agony of Congress,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs (BoC) on Thursday, May 24, intercepted P36.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, the BoC said it would file charges for violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act against the five consignees responsible for the seven container vans containing “947 cartons of More cigarettes and 53 cartons of Marvels cigarettes, 950 boxes of Mighty cigarettes, boxes of apples mixed with […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Tuesday, May 22, seized two shipments of shabu worth P11.87 million in separate instances in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said both packages came from California in the United States, and had fake consignees and delivery addresses. The first package, he said, was seized on April 23, and was sent by one Audio Schit. He said it contained 344.50 grams of suspected shabu and […]
(Eagle News) — Ibinunyag ng Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) ang bagong modus ng mga sindikato ng alahas at ginto upang maipuslit papasok sa bansa ang kanilang mga alahas. Sa modus, sangkot diumano ang ilang opisyal ng gobyerno, kabilang ang ilang mga opisyal Bureau of Customs. Sabi ni PACC Comissioner Greco Belgica, sinusundo ng mga kurap na opisyal ng pamahalaan ang mga smuggler sa terminal upang kunin at mailabas ang kontrabando. Nangyari aniya ito sa Ninoy […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs is now requiring all shipping lines and airlines to submit their cargo manifest and other pertinent documents in advance. The order to also electronically submit the bill of lading, commercial invoice, packing list, among others, in PDF format was contained in Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) 6-2018 signed by Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on May 7. The memo, which shall take effect “immediately,” said this was to, among others, “expedite the […]
(Eagle News)– A Valenzuela court has junked the drug cases filed against nine people in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In dismissing the case for transportation and delivery of dangerous drugs against self-confessed fixer Mark Taguba II; alleged middlemen Manny Li and Kenneth Dong; import company owner Eirene May Tatad; Customs broker Teejay Marcellana; and businessmen Chen I-Min, Jhu Ming Jhun, and Chen Rong Huan, Chen Ju Long, Judge Arthur Melicor of Branch 284 […]
