Two admin lawmakers join call for resignation of Customs boss By Charlie V. Manalo 08/19/2011

Two admin lawmakers join call for resignation of Customs boss

By Charlie V. Manalohttp://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110819met1.html 08/19/2011

Two administration lawmakers yesterday joined the mounting call for the resignation of Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez amid accusations of a whitewash in the investigation into the disappearance of some 2,000 container vans with highly dutiable goods.

This developed as one of the drivers of one of the missing container vans has surfaced to implicate the owner of a Manila warehouse in the anomaly that reportedly cost government over P3 billion in unrealized taxes.

At the weekly Usaping Balita News Forum in Quezon City, Reps. Magi Gunigundo (Valenzuela City) and Reynaldo Umali (Negros Oriental) aired strong suspicions of a cover-up in the Customs investigation initiated by Alvarez.

The two solons noted that the scam happened during the watch of Alvarez and that he had failed to detect it despite reports that the smuggling modus operandi has been going on for nearly 10 months now..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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