A dangerous precedent: De Lima warns against military takeover of Customs
The decision of President Rodrigo Duterte for the AFP to take over the Bureau of Customs (BoC)sets a “dangerous precedent,” detained Senator Leila de Lima said on Monday.
The decision of President Rodrigo Duterte for the AFP to take over the Bureau of Customs (BoC)sets a “dangerous precedent,” detained Senator Leila de Lima said on Monday.
Who would have thought civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. could take down someone like ex-Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon?
President Rodrigo Duterte went out of his way to explain his son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, has close ties to resigned Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon amid allegations by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that the two ran the “Davao Group” smuggling operations at the Bureau of Customs.
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked outgoing Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to take a break after leaving his office in the wake of corruption allegations hounding him.
Instead of launching counterattacks before the media, outgoing Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon should have cleared himself first of allegations that he was involved in corrupt acts at the Bureau of Customs.
Around 20 members of the Magdalo group of former rebel soldiers will soon find themselves out of a job now that Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon is set to be replaced.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Saturday shot down claims that he did not countercheck information against erring Customs officials, as he bared who he tapped for the job.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is no stranger to butting heads with his detractors, and he is not backing out of another clash with the camp of outgoing Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon.
Contrary to outgoing Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon’s claims that he had only a small group in the agency, he may have brought in as many as 200 Magdalo members.
Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte never asked for any illegal favors, outgoing Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said.