{"id":178276,"date":"2018-08-23T22:23:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178276"},"modified":"2018-08-23T22:23:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T02:23:20","slug":"lapena-names-new-micp-district-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/23\/lapena-names-new-micp-district-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"Lape\u00f1a names new MICP district collector"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_178277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178277\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39883035_2197663667148071_7145456495293890560_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178277\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39883035_2197663667148071_7145456495293890560_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39883035_2197663667148071_7145456495293890560_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39883035_2197663667148071_7145456495293890560_n-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39883035_2197663667148071_7145456495293890560_n-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pursuant to CPO No. B-237-2018, Atty. Balmyrson Valdez assumed office as acting district collector of MICP, effective August 23, 2018.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BureauOfCustomsPH\/photos\/pcb.2197664113814693\/2197663663814738\/?type=3&amp;theater\"> (Photo: Bureau of Customs PH\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a has appointed lawyer Balmyrson Valdez as the new District Collector of the Manila International Container Port (MICP).<\/p>\n<p>BOC spokesperson lawyer Erastus Sandino Austria said the new head of the said port officially reported to his new post on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Valdez replaced lawyer Vener Baquiran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAtty. Balmyrson Valdez would be taking over as the district collector of MICP today (Thursday),\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Austria noted that Baquiran was replaced based on two reasons \u2013 his failure to meet the monthly target and the standard procedure to relieve the person in command, if there is an investigation in a particular port.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the MICP, there is a probe on how several shipments of shabu slipped past Customs officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commissioner has said in the past that consistent with his one strike policy, that is one ground and regarding the shabu shipment. It is the standard protocol of the Commissioner if there is an investigation in a particular port, he would also relieve the person in command. That\u2019s the standard,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Austria, who is also the district collector of Port of Manila, added that it is the second time for Valdez to serve as head of the MICP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe started middle of January until end of March at MICP,\u201d Austria said.<\/p>\n<p>Several shipments of magnetic lifters allegedly containing shabu worth billions of pesos reportedly slipped past the BOC particularly the MICP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a has appointed lawyer Balmyrson Valdez as the new District Collector of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":178277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178276","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=178276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}