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(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson delivered an explosive privilege speech at the Senate, baring the systemic and well-ingrained corruption at the Bureau of Customs, saying that even the top officials of the bureau led by former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon are on the take, receiving bribes through a so-called “tara” system. Lacson called the Bureau of Customs as a “haven for crooks, criminals, malefactors” and even deliberately mispronounced “felons” as “faeldons” in his […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday revealed the names of supposed players and recipients in the Bureau of Customs “tara system,” citing unimpeachable sources. Below are the supposed players, based on the senator’s “vetted and crosschecked” information. Recipients: Big players: Photos by Meanne Corvera, Eagle News Service
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday accused former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon of receiving monetary benefits amounting in the millions when he was at the helm of the Bureau of Customs. “Loud whispers in the four corners of the (BoC) compound tell of a P100-million pasalubong to the newly installed commissioner…,” he said in an explosive privilege speech. He said P25 million of the P100 million was “retained as finder’s fee by his […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation has filed criminal complaints against the nine individuals believed behind the entry of a P6.4-billion drug shipment in the country in May via express lanes. Taiwanese Chen I. Min and Jhu Ming Jyun; chairman of Philippine Hongfei Logistics Group of Companies Chen Ju Long (alias Richard Tan or Richard Chen); Chinese national Li Guang Feng; warehouse caretaker Fidel Anoche Dee; businessman Dong Yi Shen (alias Kenneth Dong); […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday lamented how the names of lower-ranking government officials were being dragged in corruption cases filed by the Ombudsman even if he said they were only forced to sign documents and approve their superior’s requests. “With due respect to the one sitting in the Ombudsman, alam mo yang corruption sa local government…makita ko talaga ang Ombudsman, sige lang iyan magfile ng kaso, left and right…Ang masama pa niyan, […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate ordered the arrest of Richard Tan and Manny Li on Wednesday, after the blue ribbon committee held them in contempt for “testifying falsely and evasively” in a hearing hours before on the P6.4-billion drug shipment. It was Senate President Aquilino Pimentel who approved the arrest order issued by blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, who was among those who grilled the two individuals believed behind the contraband that entered […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated he would resign should any of his children be involved in corruption. The President repeated the pronouncement following revelations in a hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, had been “name-dropped” by some individuals engaged in corrupt practices. “Pati anak ko na sinasali sa Customs. Sino sa mga anak ko na mainvolve sa […]
(Eagle News) — Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon was a no-show in Wednesday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country, saying he was confined in the hospital due to hypertension. In a letter addressed to Senator Richard Gordon, Senate blue ribbon committee chair, Faeldon said that he had been diagnosed with “non ST elevation myocardial infection acute coronary syndrome; hypertension urgency hypertension stage II” and was confined at the […]
“I am the victim here,” he says (Eagle News) — Commission on Elections Andres Bautista denied the allegations hurled against him by his estranged wife, saying he was the real victim. In a television interview, Bautista said his wife “ransacked” his home several months ago, and that she “stole” passbooks and other bank documents, among others. He said that these were altered and were being used as bases for the allegations of ill-gotten wealth against him. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday was hesitant to comment on the controversy Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista found himself in following his wife’s allegations of ill-gotten wealth against him. “There will always be a case filed so I don’t want to preempt what will happen there. Either by the Ombudsman or Congress,” he said in a media briefing on Monday. According to Duterte, he “might as well just sit down” considering […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Jose Vicente Salazar was suspended for four months due to insubordination. This is according to Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Ana Maria Banaag, who held a press conference on Thursday. According to Banaag, the 4-month suspension without pay was apart from the 90-day suspension previously meted out on Salazar to give way to an inquiry into allegations of corruption made by then-ERC director Jose Villa. Villa, […]
