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                    [ArticleID] => 324085
                    [Title] => Customs collector sets record straight, keeps post
                    [Summary] => The district collector of Manila International Container Port (MICP) would be keeping his post after setting the record straight over accusations his port failed to meet target collection last year by some P7.8 billion.


Lawyer Carlos "Ding" So was ordered to stay after he explained to Finance Secretary Margarito Teves during a command conference that the report on the supposed collection deficit of MICP in 2005 was misleading.

So stressed that the report did not take into consideration the "tug-of-war" over the Harbor Center.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283664 [Title] => Customs exec cleared of charges [Summary] => Batangas City — The Bureau of Customs has cleared former Batangas district collector Edward de la Cuesta of administrative liability in the illegal release of a shipment of frozen chicken leg quarters last year for insufficiency of evidence.

In an 11-page decision, Customs Commissioner George Jereos said two provincial Customs staffers had failed to inform De la Cuesta about the alert order and the inspection request of the Veterinary Quarantine Service before the shipment slipped out of the Batangas port.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267088 [Title] => EDITORYAL – Ilantad na ang mga big-time smugglers [Summary] => PATULOY ang smuggling at wala sa kanilang makapigil. Dagsa ang mga produkto lalo’t papalapit na ang Kapaskuhan. Ngayo’y karaniwang mga sasakyan at prutas ang ipinapasok ng bansa. Wala nang takot kahit may kampanya ang pamahalaan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266798 [Title] => EDITORIAL - A job not well done [Summary] => Only in the Philippines is the lead role in the anti-smuggling campaign taken away from the Customs chief and given to the secretary of the interior and local government. Customs Commissioner George Jereos in fact had two months at the helm of the anti-smuggling drive after he replaced Antonio Bernardo who resigned. With Jereos’ takeover, President Arroyo dissolved the National Anti-Smuggling Task Force headed by Interior Secretary Angelo Reyes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266902 [Title] => EDITORIAL - A job not well done [Summary] => Only in the Philippines is the lead role in the anti-smuggling campaign taken away from the Customs chief and given to the secretary of the interior and local government. Customs Commissioner George Jereos in fact had two months at the helm of the anti-smuggling drive after he replaced Antonio Bernardo who resigned. With Jereos’ takeover, President Arroyo dissolved the National Anti-Smuggling Task Force headed by Interior Secretary Angelo Reyes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266315 [Title] => Berroya accepts GMA offer to head Customs police [Summary] => Retired police general Reynaldo Berroya has reportedly accepted the offer of President Arroyo to become the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) police chief.

Berroya reportedly accepted the post to replace incumbent Custom’s Enforcement and Security Services (ESS) director Virgilio Sala who is set to retire on Oct. 27.

Berroya is currently assistant secretary for special operations of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) where Mrs. Arroyo appointed him right after his retirement from the police service earlier this year.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266190 [Title] => BOC reimposes special safeguard duty on poultry [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs has re-imposed the special safeguard duty (SSD) on imported chicken and chicken products upon the request of the Department of Agriculture which said the supply situation has stabilized.

Customs Commissioner George Jereos issued yesterday Customs Memorandum Order 27-2004 directing all district collectors to impose a P1-million SSD for every 40-footer container van of imported chicken and chicken products on top of the three-percent rate of duty.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265198 [Title] => Customs chief given 2 months to curb smuggling [Summary] => President Arroyo promised last night to revive the National Anti-Smuggling Task Force (NASTF) if newly appointed Customs Commissioner George Jereos will not be able to effectively clamp down on smugglers and economic saboteurs in the next two months.

The President made this commitment before the program held last night for the 50th anniversary of the Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce Inc. (FCCCI) at the Manila Hotel.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265199 [Title] => Customs taps PCCI experts [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (Boc) is strengthening its capability to curb technical smuggling by employing the services of industry commodity experts from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), who will help in the determination of transaction value of imported goods for purposes of arriving at the correct levy.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265227 [Title] => EDITORYAL – Smugglers sa Subic pakapal nang pakapal [Summary] => TALAMAK ang smuggling ng mga segunda manong right-hand-drive vehicles sa Subic at Clark at walang magawa ang mga nasa Bureau of Customs. Malaking pera ang nawawala sa gobyerno dahil sa mga smugglers. Imagine, ibinabagsak sa Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) ang mga right-hand vehicles at mismong sa loob pa nito ikino-convert para maging left-hand vehicles. Nadiskubre ito sa pagdinig ng Senado noong Miyerkules kung saan ginisa si Customs Commissioner George Jereos. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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