Alvarez’s questionable appointments in Customs
| BLURBAL THRUSTS |
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| Louie Logarta |
Customs Commissioner Lito Alvarez has, for the umpteenth time, proved to his constituents that good deeds are no guarantee for longevity in office, in no small way lending credence to the expression that in the Philippine government success depends not on what you know but whom you know.
The case of District Collector Talek Pablo of the Port of Subic clearly demonstrates the point we’re driving at. Despite having excelled in his post during the few months he has been at the helm of the office (he was appointed there only during the second semester of 2010 as replacement for District Collector Tita Zamoranos. Collector Pablo was unceremoniously shoved out in the cold in favor of Collector Errol Albano, himself another controversial character.
Collector Albano, a member of the politically influential Albano clan of Isabela, had earlier been implicated in 2008 by no less than Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr. of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group in the alleged smuggling of several expensive racehorses from Australia that were said to be consigned to certain individuals associated with the Philippine Racing Commission and also a relative of President Arroyo. The allegations were subsequently denied by Albano..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110327com4.html
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