Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) — Technical Education Skills Development Authority director-general Isidro Lapeña has now tested negative for COVID-19. Lapeña himself shared the results of the tests he took twice only days after reports said he was positive for the disease in a radio interview on Wednesday, Nov. 25. It was Senator Joel Villanueva who shared the news with reporters over the weekend. Nonetheless, Lapeña said he would continue with his quarantine. “Yun yung gusto natin i-trace […]
(Eagle News) — A joint committee that looked into the shipment of shabu found in magnetic lifters last year has cleared former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña of any liability. The committees on dangerous drugs and good government, and public accountability instead recommended the filing of charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against Jimmy Guban, former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr. and former Senior […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday, Jan. 24, filed charges against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña and several others in connection with the shabu said to have been found in magnetic lifters last year. Lapeña, who is now the head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, was slapped with administrative charges–for alleged dereliction of duty and grave misconduct—and criminal charges for graft over the illegal drugs that were allegedly […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Monday, Dec. 3, said no charges would be recommended against former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña in connection with the entry of shabu in the country allegedly via magnetic lifters. According to Gordon, the blue ribbon committee which he chairs, however, would recommend charges against sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director Ismael Fajardo and dismissed Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto. “Lack of commitment to the job, that makes the criminal […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña on Friday, Nov. 23, filed libel charges against former Customs X-ray chief Lourdes Mangaoang. The charges lodged before the Taguig Prosecutors Office stem from Mangaoang’s testimony before the Senate hearing the P11-billion shabu shipment that was allegedly smuggled inside the country that he said destroyed his reputation. Mangaoang had said Lapeña, now the director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, had been coaching witnesses being invited to […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the Palace said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. “Until and unless proven otherwise, he still enjoys the trust and confidence of the appointing authority who happens to be the President,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. Panelo, however, noted also that “no one, friends or political foes alike, is spared in our fight against corruption.” “The [National Bureau of Investigation] has […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed graft raps against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. Also charged with violation of Section 3, Paragraph (e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, over the disappearance of 105 containers of ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs this year was another who has not been identified. The containers had been under an “alert order” and had been prevented from being released. Eighty five […]
(Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the action of President Rodrigo Duterte to put the Bureau of Customs “under the watchful eye” of the military was just “temporary,” and that civilian rule in the controversial agency should still be supreme at all times. In a message to reporters, Guevarra said that the “President, as Chief Executive, has the power of supervision and control over the entire Executive Dept, and is duty-bound […]
(Eagle News) — Customs chief Isidro Lapeña still has the trust of President Rodrigo Duterte despite the smuggling of an estimated P6.8 billion of shabu into the country last week, the Palace said on Monday, Aug. 13. “Buo ang paniniwala at tiwala pa rin ni Presidente kay General Lapeña at ang nais niyang mangyari is paano masusugpo ito at matigil na itong practice na ito, at hahabulin pa rin natin yung kung ano man yung nakapasok kung […]
(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) — 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 […]
