Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday urged the Senate to file charges against Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Guerrero and 21 other personalities who were tagged as alleged protectors and smugglers of agricultural products worth hundreds of millions of pesos. This, after the Senate Committee of the Whole on Monday released a 63-page report of the list of personalities which included officials of the BOC, Department of Agriculture, and several mayors. The report said the amount of smuggled agri-fishery commodities from 2019 to 2022 was estimated at PHP667.5 million. "We are one with the Senate in fighting corruption in the bureaucracy," acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a press statement. Andanar said filing charges before the Ombudsman would also allow those accused to defend themselves. "File the necessary charges before the Off
Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022. The list was submitted to President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr. by outgoi