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                    [Title] => Suspected big-time smuggler faces charges
                    [Summary] => Customs Commissoner George Jereos ordered yesterday the immediate filing of charges against a suspected big-time smuggler after authorities seized large stockpiles of smuggled used clothing worth P120 million hidden in a warehouse and an apartment in Muntinlupa City.


President Arrroyo ordered the Bureau of Customs to distribute the contraband to the thousands of landslide and flashflood victims in Quezon and several other provinces.


Manuel Bergara is on the list of big-time smugglers being targeted by the Customs bureau.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00
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                    [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
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - A job not well done
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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
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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - A job not well done
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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. 


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                    [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
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                    [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
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                    [Title] => Customs chief cracks down on reefer vans
                    [Summary] => Customs Commissioner George Jercos ordered a 100-percent examination yesterday of all arriving reefer vans at all major ports in a determined bid to curb technical smuggling.


In a Customs special order addressed to all major ports with reefer facilities, Jereos also directed that a composite team be created at each port conduct the physical examination on the said shipments.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-09-15 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => New Customs commissioner orders immediate auction of seized goods
                    [Summary] => Newly-appointed Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner George Jereos ordered yesterday the immediate auction of seized perishable goods to generate more revenues for the cash-strapped government.


On his first day in office as head of one of government’s biggest revenue-earning agencies, Jereos issued an order directing all district collectors to dispose through public bidding all apprehended shipments of perishable goods in their respective areas of jurisdiction to prevent these goods from going to waste.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-08-25 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Amatong dares incoming Customs chief to improve tax collection
                    [Summary] => Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong challenged the Bureau of Customs yesterday to further improve its tax collection, saying the government needs all the revenues it can get to extricate itself from what she described as a "fiscal mess."


Amatong hurled the challenge to newly-appointed Customs Commissioner George Jereos during the turnover ceremony of the leadership of the Bureau of Customs at the Social Hall of the Port of Manila from outgoing Commissioner Antonio Bernardo.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-08-24 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Gov’t restricts entry of ozone-depleting substances into RP
                    [Summary] => The government has strengthened its control on the entry of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in line with the country’s compliance to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.


Newly appointed Customs Commissioner George Jereos said that the measure is designed to phase out the importation of ODS in the near future to protect public health and the environment.


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Suspected big-time smuggler faces charges

By Rey Arquiza | December 12, 2004 - 12:00am

Customs Commissoner George Jereos ordered yesterday the immediate filing of charges against a suspected big-time smuggler after authorities seized large stockpiles of smuggled used clothing worth P120 million hidden...

Headlines

EDITORYAL – Ilantad na ang mga big-time smugglers

December 5, 2004 - 12:00am

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...

PSN Opinyon

EDITORIAL - A job not well done

November 14, 2004 - 12:00am

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...

Opinion

EDITORIAL - A job not well done

November 14, 2004 - 12:00am

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...

Opinion

BOC reimposes special safeguard duty on poultry

By Rey Arquiza | October 14, 2004 - 12:00am

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...

Business

Customs taps PCCI experts

By Rey Arquiza | September 19, 2004 - 12:00am

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...

Business

Customs chief cracks down on reefer vans

By Rey Arquiza | September 15, 2004 - 12:00am

Customs Commissioner George Jercos ordered a 100-percent examination yesterday of all arriving reefer vans at all major ports in a determined bid to curb technical smuggling. In a Customs special order addressed...

Business

New Customs commissioner orders immediate auction of seized goods

By Rey Arquiza | August 25, 2004 - 12:00am

Newly-appointed Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner George Jereos ordered yesterday the immediate auction of seized perishable goods to generate more revenues for the cash-strapped government. On his first day...

Business

Amatong dares incoming Customs chief to improve tax collection

By Rey Arquiza | August 24, 2004 - 12:00am

Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong challenged the Bureau of Customs yesterday to further improve its tax collection, saying the government needs all the revenues it can get to extricate itself from what she described...

Business

Gov’t restricts entry of ozone-depleting substances into RP

By Rey Arquiza | August 22, 2004 - 12:00am

The government has strengthened its control on the entry of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in line with the country’s compliance to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. Newly...

Business