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[ArticleID] => 1531729
[Title] => ‘Tanim-bala’ OFW victim accuses NBI of cover-up
[Summary] => A lawyer of one of the reported victims of the tanim-bala or bullet-planting scheme yesterday questioned the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) declaring the absence of a syndicate behind the extortion racket at the airport.
[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 09:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096875
[AuthorName] => Edu Punay
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151212/tanim-bala-3.jpg
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[ArticleID] => 327149
[Title] => The anger of God
[Summary] => Yesterday, the family gathered for Mass at our home, celebrated by my nephew, Father Luis S. David, SJ. It was a reminder to me that the most important resource of the Filipino people is the family.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133172
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1510184
[AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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[ArticleID] => 103846
[Title] => Roco explains -- but another hearing will take place on Monday
[Summary] =>
Will Customs Commissioner Ramon J. Farolan, an ex-editor-in-chief and former
President of The STAR, return to his post in the Bureau of Customs?
When General Farolan left for Los Angeles, California, as announced for a
"medical check-up", I'm afraid his problem is graver than has been admitted.
It's not just a heart ailment, those close to him have intimated, but a broken
heart, coupled with serious disappointment.
[DatePublished] => 2000-02-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 725459
[AuthorName] => Matt Wolf
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 101479
[Title] => New Customs chief vows to fight smugglers, raise collection
[Summary] =>
Returning Customs Commissioner Ramon J.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] =>
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[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 94520
[Title] => Customs watching suspected smuggler
[Summary] =>
Customs Commissioner Ramon Farolan has vowed to throw out businessman Robert Uy
from Customs premises at the port of Manila.
"We will come to it," Farolan told The STAR when asked whether Uy would be
bodily carried out if he is found in the bureau's office at the South
Harbor.
However, Farolan said Uy can still do business at the Bureau of Customs through
other people because "no law prohibits him from continuing with his
business."
Uy said he continues to transact business with the bureau through
representatives since former Customs Commissioner Nelson Tan had banned hi
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-26 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097044
[AuthorName] => Jerry Botial
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 103763
[Title] => Can Lim also spray-paint mansions of drug lords? - Postscript
[Summary] =>
Ombudsman Aniano Desierto opines that the spray-painting by Interior Secretary
Alfredo Lim of the houses of alleged drug pushers in Manila is legal because a
city ordinance allows it.
Lim's spray painting campaign in Manila is legal, but the same act done in
another city without a similar ordinance is -- what? Illegal?
Whatever a local ordinance says or does not say, if an act violates a basic
human right guaranteed under the Constitution, it is reprehensible.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804858
[AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 101332
[Title] => BOC sets revenue target at P91.9B, seeks PNP help to curbsmuggling
[Summary] =>
Newly appointed Customs Commissioner Ramon Farolan said yesterday the Bureau
of Customs (BOC) is targeting a revenue collection of P91.9 billion for this
year.
Farolan, who has also been designated as undersecretary of Finance together
with Revenue Commissioner Dakila Fonacier on a concurrent basis, outlined his
priorities which include curbing smuggling, increasing revenue collection and
computerizing the operation of the BOC.
Farolan admitted that smuggling appears to have resurfaced, adding that he has
sought the assistance of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Pan
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 86744
[Title] => Pardo wants BOC privatized; Farolan glad to be home
[Summary] =>
Finance Secretary Jose Pardo batted yesterday for the eventual privatization of
the Bureau of Customs (BOC), saying it might make the revenue-generating bureau
more efficient.
At the same time, Pardo asked officials and the rank and file of the bureau to
rally behind the efforts of the Department of Finance (DOF) at bridging the
P100-billion national budget deficit expected this year.
Pardo was at the Customs offices in Port Area for the turnover rites for the
bureau's new and returning commissioner, retired Gen. Ramon Farolan.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097044
[AuthorName] => Jerry Botial
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 103700
[Title] => New men at Customs, BIR
[Summary] =>
No report on corruption is complete without mention of the two biggest
revenue-generating agencies -- the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of
Customs. Several administrations have vowed to clean up these bureaus with
little success.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1193631
[AuthorName] => by Editorial
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 93835
[Title] => Tan: We lost in public perception
[Summary] =>
He is leaving one of the government's "dirtiest" agencies on Monday. But lawyer
Nelson Tan believes he was not a total failure in the one year and two weeks he
has served as Bureau of Customs chief.
Tan, who at 37 became the country's youngest Customs commissioner, said he was
able to institute reforms in the bureau, although the public did not see
it.
"We lost in public perception," he said. "The thing is we do not tell the media
everything we do. I do not deny that there had been smuggling. What country
does not have?
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097044
[AuthorName] => Jerry Botial
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
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