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                    [ArticleID] => 940989
                    [Title] => Stable power supply in Pampanga ensured
                    [Summary] => 

The Pampanga I Electric Cooperative (PELCO I) assured the public yesterday that there would be no power interruption in tomorrow’s elections.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 664895 [Title] => All's set for Cagayan special poll today [Summary] =>

It’s all systems go for today’s special congressional poll in Cagayan’s second district.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265860 [Title] => RP remains dumping ground for Chinese agri products [Summary] => Chinese exporters continue to use the Philippines as the dumping ground for their agricultural products by offering their local counterparts "give-away" prices which encourage the latter to take the risk of seizure of their shipments upon arrival at the ports of Manila.

Bureau of Customs deputy commissioner Ray Allas said that all shipments of agricultural products from China which they have seized have no import permits from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, indicating that they were all smuggled.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259473 [Title] => Customs seizes P10-M smuggled onions from China [Summary] => Customs authorities confiscated yesterday an illegal shipment of 40 container vans of onions from China which arrived the other day at the Port of Manila.

The seized shipment, with an estimated value of some P10 million, was not covered by an import permit from the Department of Agriculture (DA) thus considered smuggled, according to Customs deputy commissioner Ray Allas, chief of the Customs Intelligence and Enforcement Group (CIEG).
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255345 [Title] => BOC resists pressure to release seized toothpaste [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BoC) resisted yesterday pressures from certain quarters to release the shipment of fake Colgate toothpaste from China confiscated on Tuesday for violating the international property right (IPR).

Customs deputy commissioner Ray Allas, chief of the BoC’s IPR task force, disclosed to the STAR that attempts have been made to release the shipment of three container vans of fake Colgate toothpaste held under their custody.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237471 [Title] => Supplier suspected in chicken smuggling probed [Summary] => The ongoing investigation into the smuggling of a P50-million shipment of frozen chicken in the wake of the bird flu outbreak in Asia was expanded yesterday to include a Texas-based American supplier.

At the same time, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed technical smuggling charges against four of its officials assigned at the Batangas City port and three people involved in the import and release of the shipment.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228587 [Title] => Customs agents seize ceramics shipment [Summary] => Alert agents of the Customs Intelligence and Enforcement Group (CIEG) scored a major victory yesterday in the government’s campaign against all forms of smuggling with the seizure of 34 40-footer container vans of ceramic tiles that were illegally shipped at the Port of Manila.

Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo said that the shipment that arrived over the weekend from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were declared by their consignees as bathroom fixtures and molds which was an attempt to smuggle and cheat the government of millions of pesos in taxes and duties.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226166 [Title] => Customs on alert for smugglers [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs was placed on alert yesterday for contraband shipments from China intended to flood the local market during the holiday season.

This developed as the Customs Intelligence and Enforcement Group (CIEG) stumbled on a shipment of 10 container vans of highly taxable items declared as mere soy beans with only three-percent tax.

CIEG chief Deputy Commissioner Ray Allas said that the seized shipment could be the first batch of illegal cargoes that would be entering the country’s ports based on intelligence reports.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225516 [Title] => Customs has no choice but to dump smuggled perishable goods [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs said yesterday it has no choice but comply with government policies to dump perishable goods illegally shipped into the country.

Customs deputy commissioner for intelligence and enforcement group (IEG) Ray Allas said that the agency only implements policies based on other agencies’ orders.

He said the bureau should not be blamed for the spoilage of seized perishable goods at the piers as it only complies with policies to ban their entry to protect the local farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211556 [Title] => Ramos kin raps CIDG men over raid [Summary] => DIFFUN, Quirino — It was the bust that went pfft.

Several members of the 202nd Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) based in Santiago City, Isabela are now facing administrative charges at the National Police Commission for raiding the house of a maternal relative of former President Fidel Ramos based on a false tip.

The house, owned by Virgilio Allas, state auditor II of the Commission on Audit (COA) in this province, was supposedly holding several firearms and ammunition.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462856 [AuthorName] => Lito Salatan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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