{"id":113256,"date":"2017-08-21T22:29:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113256"},"modified":"2017-08-21T22:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T02:29:21","slug":"duterte-appoints-lapena-as-new-customs-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/21\/duterte-appoints-lapena-as-new-customs-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte appoints Lape\u00f1a as new Customs Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_113271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113271\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DG_PDEA2016webarticle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113271\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DG_PDEA2016webarticle.jpg\" alt=\"Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director Isidro Lape\u00f1a was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Chief. (Photo: PDEA)\" width=\"602\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DG_PDEA2016webarticle.jpg 602w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DG_PDEA2016webarticle-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director Isidro Lape\u00f1a was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Chief. (<a href=\"http:\/\/pdea.gov.ph\/images\/banners\/DG_PDEA2016webarticle.jpg\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/pdea.gov.ph\/\">PDEA<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director Isidro Lape\u00f1a was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Chief.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference on Monday night in Malaca\u00f1ang, President Duterte announced that Lape\u00f1a is going to be the next commissioner of Customs.<\/p>\n<p>The President told the reporters that Faeldon\u2019s resignation was considered \u201cautomatic\u201d by putting Lape\u00f1a in the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I appoint Lape\u00f1a, automatic na \u2018yan [it is automatic]. No need [to give a resignation letter]. If somebody is appointed in the position, meaning to say, automatic na \u2018yun, umalis ka [it\u2019s automatic, you leave]. But Faeldon, in fairness to him, tried to resign thrice,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>To recall, Duterte revealed that Faeldon has offered to resign at least three times amid to the controversy over the P6.4-billion worth of shabu shipment from China that slipped through BOC and prompted a Senate probe.<\/p>\n<p>Faeldon, on the other hand, welcomes the President\u2019s decision to appoint a new Customs Chief, saying that it \u2018is for the best\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes after the president announced that Lape\u00f1a will be the next commissioner of the BOC, Faeldon posted a statement on his official Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy continuous stay in Bureau of Customs is politically polarizing the country, so the decision of the President is for the best. I will continue to serve our country and the welfare of the Filipino people,\u201d Faeldon said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have served you to the best of my ability and I have not done any act of corruption in my entire government service. Maraming salamat po sa inyong tulong sa ating bansa [thank you for helping our country],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Duterte said that Philippine National Police Region III director Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino would replace Lape\u00f1a as PDEA Chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director Isidro Lape\u00f1a was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new Bureau &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":113271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[19289,21636],"class_list":["post-113256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-isidro-lapena","tag-new-boc-chief","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}