News

Lapeña insists he did 'right thing' in case of ceramic tiles from China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 07:41 PM

MANILA - Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña insisted that he did the "right thing" when he issued alert orders that covered more than a hundred containers of ceramic tiles from China that went missing last March. Read more »

'Smuggled' na sigarilyo at bigas, nasabat ng Coast Guard

Leizel S. Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 10:22 PM

Ilang kahon ng sigarilyo at mga sako ng bigas ang nasabat ng Philippine Coast Guard sa magkahiwalay na insidente sa Zamboanga City at Basilan. Read more »

Lapeña faces graft raps over 105 missing containers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 08:56 PM

The NBI-NCR filed before the DOJ on Monday criminal and administrative complaints against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lapeña.  Read more »

DOJ indicts suspected rice smuggler Bangayan, 5 others

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 07:05 PM

The criminal offense carries with it a penalty of up to 12 years in prison and/or a fine of up to P6,000.   Read more »

P3.6 milyong halaga ng umano'y ipinuslit na bigas, nasabat sa Zamboanga

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 09:11 PM

Nasabat ng mga awtoridad ang P3.6 milyong halaga ng umano'y smuggled na bigas sa Zamboanga City nitong Linggo. Read more »

Duterte softens stance on military 'takeover' at Customs

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 09:08 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday hit the brakes on his proposed military takeover at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) as his plan drew flak among his critics and legal analysts. Read more »

Pinoy sa Milan nahulihan ng 100 kaha ng sigarilyo, pinagmulta

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Oct 30 06:11 PM

Kinumpiska ng mga pulis ang mga kontrabandong nakuha sa Pinoy at pinagmulta ito ng 3,300 euros o katumbas ng mahigit P200,000. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Oct. 30, 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 02:26 AM

Typhoon Rosita will make landfall Tuesday. A different kind of storm, meantime, is hitting the Bureau of Customs. Read more »

In the hot seat: 21 Customs commissioners in the last 32 years

Infographic by Andrea Canlobo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 08:46 PM

Here are the 21 people who have occupied the hot seat at the Bureau of Customs since democracy was restored in 1986.  Read more »

Duterte sends Lapeña to TESDA, names Guerrero new Customs chief

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 06:39 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he would replace Bureau of Customs chief Isidro Lapeña, assigning him instead to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) amid a multibillion-peso drug smuggling controversy. Read more »

OPINION: The President stripped bare

Inday Espina-Varona --scaRRedCat
Posted at Oct 25 04:29 PM

This emperor has been stripped bare. Underneath the flag he loves to huddle under is blood and more blood. It will take generations to scrub the stain off our nation.  Read more »

Controversial Customs officer urges Duterte: Decide on Lapeña fate

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Lead, asbestos patches used to hide shabu in magnetic lifters?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 10:33 AM

The Department of Public Works and Highways on Thursday revealed several red flags in the magnetic lifters found in Cavite, which were allegedly used to smuggle billions of pesos worth of shabu into the country. Read more »

P11-billion shabu haul inside magnetic lifters possible: PDEA

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 06:01 PM

Four magnetic lifters that were found empty in Cavite province could have concealed P11 billion worth of shabu, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Thursday.  Read more »

Mangaoang says no animosity toward Lapeña

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Opisyal ng Customs na dawit sa droga, pinaaaresto ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 06:01 PM

Pinaaaresto ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si dating Bureau of Customs intelligence officer Jimmy Guban. Read more »

Lapeña won't resign over shabu controversy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 11:27 AM

Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Wednesday said he will not step down from his post because he has yet to accomplish the task President Rodrigo Duterte entrusted him to do in the bureau. Read more »

Customs chief claims drug syndicates out to discredit him

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 10:35 PM

Bureau of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña broke his silence on the controversy surrounding his agency. Read more »

OPINION: Profiles of courage: Mangaoang and Aaron Aquino

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 22 04:01 PM

It takes courage not to toe the President’s line.  Read more »

PDEA: Illegal drugs that slipped past Customs now being sold in streets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 11:34 PM

The head of the country's top anti-narcotics group said illegal drugs seized from a Manila port two months ago matched the samples from his agency's recent drug busts.  Read more »