{"id":120216,"date":"2017-09-29T02:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T06:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120216"},"modified":"2017-09-29T02:33:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T06:33:10","slug":"lapena-mulls-relief-of-boc-assessment-heads-to-stop-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/29\/lapena-mulls-relief-of-boc-assessment-heads-to-stop-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Lape\u00f1a mulls relief of BOC assessment heads to stop corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Lape\u00f1a added, \u201cI can relieve anybody based on my assessment for the best interest of the service. But the investigation will continue. If there is enough basis, they would be subjected to disciplinary action. And disciplinary action would include dismissal from the service. Depending on the offense committed.\u201d (Photo: PDEA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a on Thursday said he is considering the relief of majority of assessment division heads in all 17 ports of the country.<\/p>\n

The move comes in response to reports stating corruption in the agency happens during the assessment process — through the so-called giving of bribe money or \u201ctara\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs it is,\u00a0mga<\/em>\u00a090 percent, we would be removing people. (There is a 90 percent chance that we would be removing people) I am referring to the head\u00a0lang, tingnan ko<\/em>\u00a0being the responsible people in those sections of assessment (I am only referring to the heads only, being the responsible people in those sections of assessment),\u201d he said in a press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, I will move the heads first,\u00a0mga<\/em>\u00a0chiefs\u00a0ng mga<\/em>\u00a0sections\u00a0na \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0that has been identified. (I will move the heads first, the chiefs of the sections that has been identified.) Maybe I will allow the deputy to take over and see if he performs better than his chief,\u201d Lape\u00f1a added.<\/p>\n

The BOC chief explained that due process must be observed that is why he cannot immediately suspend officials or employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay<\/em>\u00a0due process,\u00a0matagal na<\/em>\u00a0process but that will follow. (There is a due process. It’s a long process but that will follow.) But the immediate remedy is relieve them because relieving is under my authority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lape\u00f1a added, \u201cI can relieve anybody based on my assessment for the best interest of the service. But the investigation will continue. If there is enough basis, they would be subjected to disciplinary action. And disciplinary action would include dismissal from the service. Depending on the offense committed.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, he noted that removing officials and employees is not immediate\u00a0because “I am still waiting for verification\/validation of information\u00a0na \u2018yan<\/em>.\u201d (I am still waiting for that verification\/validation of information).<\/p>\n

Asked on when movement of personnel will take place, he said, \u201cI don\u2019t have timeline pero baka by Monday\u00a0meron na \u2018yan<\/em>.\u201d (I don’t have a timeline but maybe on Monday, I will have that.)<\/p>\n

Lape\u00f1a is making sure that the transfer will not affect operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the reason why the head\u00a0muna<\/em>\u00a0(will be moved). So the deputy could take over. By this time mga deputy know as well as the head.\u00a0Kaya nga palitan dahil may problema siya<\/em>\u00a0it is affecting the revenue collection (That is the reasion why the head will be moved first. So deputy could take over. By this time, the deputy knows as well as the head. That’s why we have to replace because there is a problem and it is affecting revenue collection.),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we will see if the deputy performs better he might become the head eventually. This should be a wake up call. They should follow because that is good for government and for all of us,\u201d the Customs chief added.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA \u2014 Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a on Thursday said he is considering the relief of majority of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":113271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3715,25289],"class_list":["post-120216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-boc","tag-lapena","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120216","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=120216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120216\/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=120216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}