Tag: customs

UPDATED: Senate issues arrest order vs Faeldon

By Meanne Corvera Eagle  News Service The Senate has issued an arrest order against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon over his repeated refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the bureau via express lanes. Senate Sergeant at Arms Retired General Jose Balajadia confirmed they received the order around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. But Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard […]

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Davao Vice Mayor Duterte’s lawyer on Trillanes’ allegations vs his client: “Pure baloney, wild propaganda”

(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 […]

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Faeldon a no-show in Senate committee hearing; says he wants to “protect (his) rights”

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon was again a no-show in Thursday’s Senate blue ribbon committee, citing what he said was the need to “protect (his) rights.” In a letter sent to the committee headed by Senator Richard Gordon, Faeldon said he would answer allegations if charges were filed against him before a “competent court.” Faeldon noted that his decision to absent himself was “not an act of defiance,” noting that he attended […]

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JUST IN: Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Thursday

(Eagle News) — Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio will be attending the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Thursday. The President’s son and son-in-law confirmed their attendance only hours after the Senate blue ribbon committee issued the invitation for them to attend. “We duly recognize the coercive powers of the Senate of the Philippines as part of the legislative branch of government and their authority to conduct an inquiry in aid of […]

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House committee recommends replacing Bureau of Customs, filing of charges vs Faeldon, other officials

(Eagle News) — Pass a law replacing the Bureau of Customs, and file the necessary charges against individuals. These were some of the recommendations of the House committee on dangerous drugs, which wrapped up its inquiry into the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes. According to the committee, the “new revenue collection agency or instrumentality of government” that will replace the BoC should have a “different system of collection to […]

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Senate seeks China’s cooperation on P6.4 billion shabu shipment probe

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has asked the Chinese government to cooperate in its investigation into the shabu shipment from China that passed the Bureau of Customs (BoC) without any inspection. “China must be willing to cooperate with the Philippines in investigating the PHP6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment from China that slipped through the Bureau of Customs (BOC),” Senator Richard Gordon, the committee chairman said in an interview […]

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Ex-Customs Commissioner Faeldon, Davao councilor no-shows in Senate hearing on P6.4-B drug shipment

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and the Davao councilor being tagged in illegal activities in the Customs department were no-shows in Tuesday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes. The hearing is the fifth being held by the committee on the drug shipment, and comes right after Senator Panfilo Lacson accused Faeldon of receiving a P150-million “pasalubong” when he took the […]

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Lacson hits back at Faeldon

(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday  swiped back at former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who has accused the senator’s son of being engaged in smuggling activities. “First, I have nothing to do with my son’s business,” he said in a statement. He added that there was “no smuggling of cement as it is not subject to Customs tariff and duties but (was) only subject to (Value Added Tax).” “My son said when I […]

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Faeldon gets back at Lacson; claims senator’s son involved in cement smuggling

(Eagle News) – Former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon accused Senator Panfilo Lacson of being irresponsible when he “destroyed” his and his men’s reputation at the Bureau of Customs, and claimed that the senator’s son was involved in the smuggling of cement in the country. In a press conference in Taytay, Rizal on Thursday, Faeldon claimed that “Bon Journo,” a company connected to Panfilo Lacson Jr., son of the senator, was the “number one smuggler of cement […]

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LOOK: Recipients, big players in Customs bureau “tara” system, based on Senator Lacson’s privilege speech

(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

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High-ranking airport official implicated in P6.4-b drug shipment mess goes on leave

(Eagle News) — The high-ranking airport official whose name was dragged into the P6.4-billion drug shipment mess in a Senate hearing on Tuesday has gone on leave. In a statement, Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal said  assistant general manager for security and emergency concerns Allen Capuyan filed his leave of absence today. Monreal said Capuyan, who met him upon his arrival from Clark, told him “he wants to focus his efforts in clearing […]

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