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(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee has once again summoned former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon to its hearing on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. But his lawyer, Jose Diño, has said he doubted his client would attend the hearing slated on Monday, January 29. “He will maintain, I think, his right to his personal dignity, specifically his right not be browbeaten (again) with hopelessly, unprovable, and garbage allegations,” Diño said. Faeldon, who is […]
(Eagle News) — “Preposterous.” This was how Senator Richard Gordon described on Friday former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon’s allegations he was being deprived of “water, power and visitation rights” during his detention in the Senate. According to Gordon, depriving Faeldon of these would be “beneath” his “dignity” and of the committee” in the first place. Gordon is chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee that held hearings on corruption in the BoC and on the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday said that he respects President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to appoint former Bureau of Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon to the Office of the Civil Defense. But in a text message, Ejercito said he “would rather that appointees or those who intend to run for public office (do) not have any derogatory record or blemish in their track record.” According to Ejercito, this was because they were “entering public service.” “Public […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators on Wednesday slammed the appointment of former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon to a new government post. In a statement, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV alleged Faeldon “knows the dark secrets of the Duterte family that’s why even if he is grossly incompetent, he remains a sacred cow.” Although he did not provide specifics, Trillanes has already accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s son, Paolo Duterte, and his son-in-law Mans Carpio of being part of […]
Lacson says this is “unless his contempt citation is lifted by the Senate acting as a collegial body” (Eagle News) — Former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon “may” have to work via “remote control” from the Senate detention facility when he assumes the post of deputy administrator at the Office of the Civil Defense. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, this is “unless his contempt citation” that led to him being detained in the first place is […]
(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) — One of the personalities facing criminal charges over the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May tried to leave the Philippines on Thursday. Immigration spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said Chen Ju Long, alias Richard Tan or Richard Chen was, however, denied departure by the Bureau of Immigration as he tried to board China Eastern Air flight # 5046 at the Clark International Airport. She said Chen, the owner of […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The charges for drug trading against him may have been dropped, but a senator believes ex-Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who is detained in the Senate for his refusal to attend subsequent hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs, will not be a free man just yet. “I can see it going on for seven years. That’s what happened in one case,” Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the blue […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has junked former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s motion to dismiss the complaints filed against him in connection with the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In junking Faeldon’s motion, the DOJ investigating panel said it “finds no cogent reason to deviate from (the) earlier position of the Department that it has jurisdiction to conduct preliminary investigation over drug cases involving […]
(Eagle News) — “Baseless.” This was how Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon described the allegations of Senator Panfilo Lacson the former Navy man received a P107-million “pasalubong,” supposedly based on an account by Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. In a statement, Faeldon said Lacson had “zero evidence” to back up the claims he received the money when he took the helm of the Bureau of Customs in May 2016. He also accused the senator of “cowardly […]
(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon received a P107-million “pasalubong” when he took the helm of the Customs bureau, seven million more than the amount Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed he received from Customs players. In a television interview on Tuesday, Lacson said this was the confirmation given to him by “no less than” Isidro Lapeña, who replaced Faeldon after he resigned amid corruption allegations. “(Lapeña) confirmed that there’s indeed pasalubong money and he […]
(Eagle News) — Over 30 Customs employees and officials were sacked on Monday for failing to stop corruption and for failing to meet their collection targets. Customs Chief Isidro Lapeña said of the 38, eight are district collectors, and 30, section chiefs. The eight were Elvira Cruz of the Cebu port; Romeo Rosales of the San Fernando port; Jose Naig of thr Iloilo port; Julius Premediles of the Limay port; Divina Garrido of the Legazpi port; […]
