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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director Isidro Lapeña to head the Customs bureau. “If somebody is appointed in the position, meaning to say, automatic na ‘yun, umalis ka. But Faeldon, in fairness to him, tried to resign thrice,” Duterte said, referring to Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon. Faeldon is under fire after a P6.4-billion drug shipment entered the country via Customs express lanes. Lawmakers looking into the matter have […]
(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) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday threatened to cite Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he refused to answer questions on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Faeldon said he would not answer the question because “In the past few days, the honorable senator has come up with a lot of accusations already that I am in the middle of the smuggling of shabu in the country.” “It is pointless for me […]
(Eagle News) — The attending doctor of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Thursday confirmed the Customs chief had suffered a heart attack, which may reportedly have been caused by stress. Dr. Arthur Bayani of the Manila East Medical Center made the disclosure as a House of Representatives medical team visited the Customs chief in the hospital at the behest of the House committee on ways and means. The House committee is conducting an investigation into the […]
Several deny allegations (Eagle News) — A Customs broker named Customs employees and officials he said received grease money from him for every shipment transaction. During the ways and means committee hearing into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May, Mark Taguba named Deputy Commissioner Teddy Raval of the intelligence group; Atty. Philip Maronilla of the Manila International Container Terminal; Teddy Sagaral; a certain Major Gutierrez who passed away last month; Director […]
(Eagle News) — Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon faced mounting calls to resign from his post after congressmen accused him and his men of incompetence for allowing the shipment of more than P6 billion worth of drugs in the country and for bungling what could have been a strong case against suspected drug personalities responsible for the shipment. “You should all resign,” a fuming Rep. Ace Barbers, chair of the committee on dangerous drugs of the […]
BEIJING,China (AFP) — Chinese exports surged 16.4 percent year-on-year to $180.6 billion in March, official data showed Thursday, in a sign of stabilisation for the world’s second largest economy. The world’s largest trader in goods, China’s performance affects partners from Australia to Zambia, which have been hit as its expansion has slowed to levels not seen in a quarter of a century. The figures mark a dramatic turnaround for the country, which saw exports drop […]
