AID FOR 'ODETTE' VICTIMS. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (right) turns over imported food items and footwear to DSWD National Resource Operations Center director Emmanuel Privado (left) at the BOC main office on Friday (Dec. 24, 2021). The donation includes abandoned items at the Port of Batangas, Manila International Container Port and Port of Manila. (Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday donated imported food items and footwear to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the victims of Typhoon Odette. During the turnover ceremony led by Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the bureau through its Auction and Cargo Disposal Division, donated sacks of rice and footwear which were abandoned in three ports. These are Port of Batangas (POB), Manila International Container Port (MICP), and Port of Manila (POM). The donated goods consist of 5,200 sacks of rice, 91,200 canned goods, and 81,200 pairs of footwear, which arri
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