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                    [Title] => Pampanga food firm denies involvement in chicken smuggling
                    [Summary] => PORAC, Pampanga — The management of the Mekeni Food Corp. (MFC) based here cried foul over reports implicating the company in the smuggling of 19 vans of frozen chicken quarters which were questionably released by some Customs personnel at the Batangas City port last Jan. 23.


"We were shocked by published reports that the drivers of the two container vans intercepted in Taguig were alleged to have stated that they were delivering the frozen chicken to Mekeni," said Prudencio Garcia, MFC director and treasurer.
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Sen. Robert Barbers alleged during a Senate hearing yesterday that Co was behind the controversial release of the shipment, estimated at P50 million, last Jan. 23. "This Lucio Co is a notorious importer-smuggler," Barbers said, adding that he based his allegations on the information he received from Customs insiders.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1386282 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz And Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
ANTONIO LOPEZ AND ODELON SORREDA
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                    [ArticleID] => 237313
                    [Title] => Pampanga food firm denies involvement in chicken smuggling
                    [Summary] => PORAC, Pampanga — The management of the Mekeni Food Corp. (MFC) based here cried foul over reports implicating the company in the smuggling of 19 vans of frozen chicken quarters which were questionably released by some Customs personnel at the Batangas City port last Jan. 23.


"We were shocked by published reports that the drivers of the two container vans intercepted in Taguig were alleged to have stated that they were delivering the frozen chicken to Mekeni," said Prudencio Garcia, MFC director and treasurer.
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Sen. Robert Barbers alleged during a Senate hearing yesterday that Co was behind the controversial release of the shipment, estimated at P50 million, last Jan. 23. "This Lucio Co is a notorious importer-smuggler," Barbers said, adding that he based his allegations on the information he received from Customs insiders.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1386282 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz And Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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