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(Eagle News) — Two Customs officials who were implicated last year by Senator Panfilo Lacson in the “tara” system in the bureau denied on Tuesday the allegations. Deputy Commissioners Natalio Ecarma III and Edward James Dy Buco made the denial during a Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. “I’d like to tell this honorable body and the whole nation that I categorically deny that I received, ordered or authorized […]
(Eagle News) — Expect a “major reshuffle” in the Bureau of Customs. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña made the announcement at the agency’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday. “Meron pa ring matitigas ang ulo … We know you. In fact, expect a major reshuffle coming your way,” he said. He said he would do “what it takes” to ensure that the agency was rid of the tara system that sees employees and officials receiving money to […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon is back in government service. In a letter dated December 22, President Rodrigo Duterte designated Faeldon as deputy administrator III of the Office of the Civil Defense. The office is under the Department of National Defense. Faeldon came under fire when he was head of the Bureau of Customs after a P6.4-billion shabu shipment managed to enter the country via Customs express lanes in May. The […]
(Eagle News) — A high-ranking Customs official who was accused of receiving grease money has resigned from his post. Isidro Lapeña, Bureau of Customs chief, said in a radio interview that Deputy Commissioner Gerardo Gambala, head of the Management Office Information and Technology System, tendered his “irrevocable resignation” almost two weeks ago. Lapeña said Gambala, who was included in Senator Panfilo Lacson’s list of Customs officials and employees who received grease money from several players, […]
(Eagle News) — One strike and you’re out. This was the message of Isidro Lapeña to Bureau of Customs employees as he took the helm of the office from his predecessor, Nicanor Faeldon, on Wednesday. President Duterte announced Faeldon’s replacement after a P6.4-billion drug shipment entered the country via Customs express lanes in May, angering lawmakers who called for inquiries into the matter. “Just do your work, prove your worth and I will back you […]
(Eagle News) — One of the several Customs officials named as corrupt by a Customs broker in a House hearing on Monday has resigned. In his resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte and dated Aug. 8, Milo Maestrecampo, director of the Bureau of Customs’ Imports and Assessment Service, said he was stepping down “in order to fight for my honor and integrity and in the name of ‘delicadeza.’” He said this was despite the […]
