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Ex-Customs chief files raps vs subordinate who tagged him in shabu haul

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 01:37 PM

TESDA chief Isidro Lapeña on Friday filed a "libel and slander" complaint against Customs lawyer Maria Lourdes Mangaoang who tagged him in the shipment of a P6.8-billion shabu haul from China. Read more »

Corrupt Customs personnel should be executed like in drug war: Mon Tulfo

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Posted at Nov 01 12:34 AM

Special envoy for public diplomacy Ramon Tulfo considers Lourdes Mangaoang "one of the most corrupt" at Customs and Isidro Lapeña "negligent." Read more »

Ex-customs officer tagged in shabu smuggling given witness protection

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Updated as of Oct 30 07:16 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Former Bureau of Customs intelligence agent Jaime Guban has been admitted to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Witness Protection Program (WPP), Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed Tuesday.  Read more »

Why whistleblower Mangaoang is wary of military takeover of Customs

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Posted at Oct 30 01:48 AM

The President has placed the Bureau of Customs under military control. But whistleblower Lourdes Mangaoang is wary of this development. #ANCAlerts Read more »

Military control in Customs 'not the perfect solution' - Mangaoang

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 03:33 PM

Putting the Bureau of Customs under military control temporarily as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered would not be the "perfect solution" for the agency, Deputy Collector Lourdes Mangaoang said Monday. Read more »

Mangaoang eyes applying for witness protection amid threats

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Posted at Oct 28 07:59 PM

Customs Deputy Collector Lourdes Mangaoang said Sunday she eyes requesting witness protection from the government amid the threats she is receiving. Read more »

DOJ mulls putting Mangaoang under 'provisional' WPP

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Posted at Oct 28 04:19 PM

The Department of Justice said Sunday it mulls putting Customs Deputy Collector Lourdes Mangaoang under the Witness Protection Program's provisional coverage. Read more »

‘Mas lumalaki’: Mangaoang says ‘tara system’ still persists at Customs

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Posted at Oct 28 01:02 AM

Customs deputy collector Lourdes Mangaoang also questioned why those with no experience in the agency accepted their appointment to head the bureau. Read more »

Mangaoang ‘congratulates’ Lapeña on Cabinet promotion

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Posted at Oct 27 11:01 PM

Duterte on Thursday reassigned Lapeña as the head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and promoted him to a Cabinet position. Read more »

Customs exec denies romantic link with drug-tagged mayor

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Posted at Oct 25 12:46 PM

Customs official Lourdes Mangaoang rejected Wednesday a rumor that she once had a fling with Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot of Cebu, who was linked by President Rodrigo Duterte to the narcotics trade. Read more »

Controversial Customs officer urges Duterte: Decide on Lapeña fate

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Updated as of Oct 25 05:12 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should mull over whether or not Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña should keep his post after over a ton of shabu slipped past his agency's port inspections, his subordinate Lourdes Mangaoang said Thursday.  Read more »

'Pinagtatakpan niya': Mangaoang claims Lapeña defending drug smugglers

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Posted at Oct 25 02:50 AM

Customs Deputy Collector Lourdes Mangaoang on Wednesday said Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña was a "liar" and may be held liable for being an "accessory" to the crime over the P6.8-billion shabu haul that allegedly slipped past port inspections. Read more »

Lapeña, bumaligtad, naniwalang may droga sa magnetic lifters

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Posted at Oct 24 09:36 PM

Naniniwala na si Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña na may lamang droga ang mga magnetic lifter na nakuha noong Agosto sa Cavite. Read more »

Mangaoang says no animosity toward Lapeña

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Posted at Oct 24 09:02 PM

Customs official Lourdes Mangaoang on Wednesday said she bore no ill will against Commissioner Isidro Lapeña when she was transferred to different districts under his watch, but she admitted seeking redress from the Civil Service Commission. Read more »

Mangaoang's ex-boss: 'Exposé' may be driven by relief order

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Posted at Oct 24 04:52 PM

Customs Deputy Collector Lourdes Mangaoang's drug "exposé" may have been triggered by her relief from duty, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Solons chide Customs' Mangaoang over answers in House probe

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Updated as of Dec 15 01:49 PM

Several lawmakers on Wednesday rebuked Customs deputy collector Lourdes Mangaoang over her answers in a legislative inquiry into the P6.8-billion shabu haul that allegedly slipped past port inspections. Read more »

Smugglers, drug lords raised P20-M to discredit me: Customs chief

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Updated as of Oct 24 06:14 PM

Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, who is accused of inaction over the alleged entry of narcotics in the country, claimed Wednesday that smugglers and drug lords have raised P20 million for a smear campaign against him.  Read more »

Customs chief, exec point fingers over drug links

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Updated as of Dec 15 01:48 PM

A rift between between Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña and Deputy Collector Lourdes Mangaoang continued to widen Wednesday after each linked the other to the narcotics trade.    Read more »

Mga sindikato, sinisi ng Customs chief sa mga kinahaharap na isyu

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Updated as of Sep 16 01:25 PM

Naniniwala si Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña na ang mga sindikato ng droga ang nasa likod ng mga isyu laban sa kaniya, kabilang ang umano ay nakalusot na shabu na itinago sa magnetic lifters. Read more »

Lapeña 'covering up for drug smugglers,' claims Customs official

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 08:43 AM

A Bureau of Customs (BOC) official on Tuesday said the agency's chief, Isidro Lapeña, has been "covering up" for drug smugglers by denying that the empty magnetic lifters seized in Cavite last August did not contain illegal drugs. Read more »