CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A total of P66 million worth of smuggled agricultural products have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Northern Mindanao (Region 10) for the month of July at Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.
The Bureau of Customs Regi
MANILA - Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said several reforms initiated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) under his leadership have helped improve the collection efficiency of the agency and ably assisted in the Duterte administration's sustained efforts to curb agricultural smuggling. These reforms, among others, include, automating 82 percent of the 170 processes in the BOC to reduce human intervention that provides opportunities for corruption. Guerrero cited the BOC's accomplishments on his watch as he vehemently denied unfounded allegations linking him to the smuggling of agricultural products. "The Senate Committee report citing me as one of the government officials involved in agricultural smuggling also contains the numerous accomplishments of BOC in its campaign against agricultural smuggling, and the adoption of the executive recommendations, which I directed," he said. Among these recommendations implemented by the BOC are the strengthened inter-agency coll
Customs Commissioner Rey Guerrero on Tuesday refuted the Senate Committee of the Whole’s report which identified him as among the alleged protectors and smugglers of agricultural products.
Bureau of Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero denied on Tuesday, June 28, any involvement in the smuggling of agriculture products after his name was listed in the supposed "validated" list of government officials involved in the illegal activities. In a statement, Guerrero cited the accompl
(File photo) MANILA - Officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday denied their supposed involvement in agricultural smuggling in the country. "I vehemently deny the accusations against me on my alleged involvement in agricultural smuggling based on a supposed 'validated' list. Law enforcement agencies such as the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) denied the release or submission of any Intelligence Report from their respective agencies allegedly implicating any BOC official in any smuggling activity," Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said in a statement. The BOC chief's remarks came after he and several other officials of the bureau were named as alleged protectors and smugglers of agricultural products in a report of the Senate Committee of the Whole on Monday. Guerrero said the numerous accomplishments of BOC in its campaign against agricultural smuggli