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                    [ArticleID] => 1531729
                    [Title] => ‘Tanim-bala’ OFW victim accuses NBI of cover-up
                    [Summary] => 

A lawyer of one of the reported victims of the tanim-bala or bullet-planting scheme yesterday questioned the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) declaring the absence of a syndicate behind the extortion racket at the airport.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151212/tanim-bala-3.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327149 [Title] => The anger of God [Summary] => Yesterday, the family gathered for Mass at our home, celebrated by my nephew, Father Luis S. David, SJ. It was a reminder to me that the most important resource of the Filipino people is the family.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103846 [Title] => Roco explains -- but another hearing will take place on Monday [Summary] =>

Will Customs Commissioner Ramon J. Farolan, an ex-editor-in-chief and former President of The STAR, return to his post in the Bureau of Customs?

not_entWhen General Farolan left for Los Angeles, California, as announced for a "medical check-up", I'm afraid his problem is graver than has been admitted. It's not just a heart ailment, those close to him have intimated, but a broken heart, coupled with serious disappointment. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 725459 [AuthorName] => Matt Wolf [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101479 [Title] => New Customs chief vows to fight smugglers, raise collection [Summary] =>

Returning Customs Commissioner Ramon J. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94520 [Title] => Customs watching suspected smuggler [Summary] =>

Customs Commissioner Ramon Farolan has vowed to throw out businessman Robert Uy from Customs premises at the port of Manila.

"We will come to it," Farolan told The STAR when asked whether Uy would be bodily carried out if he is found in the bureau's office at the South Harbor.

However, Farolan said Uy can still do business at the Bureau of Customs through other people because "no law prohibits him from continuing with his business."

Uy said he continues to transact business with the bureau through representatives since former Customs Commissioner Nelson Tan had banned hi [DatePublished] => 2000-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097044 [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103763 [Title] => Can Lim also spray-paint mansions of drug lords? - Postscript [Summary] =>

Ombudsman Aniano Desierto opines that the spray-painting by Interior Secretary Alfredo Lim of the houses of alleged drug pushers in Manila is legal because a city ordinance allows it.

Lim's spray painting campaign in Manila is legal, but the same act done in another city without a similar ordinance is -- what? Illegal?

Whatever a local ordinance says or does not say, if an act violates a basic human right guaranteed under the Constitution, it is reprehensible. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101332 [Title] => BOC sets revenue target at P91.9B, seeks PNP help to curbsmuggling [Summary] =>

Newly appointed Customs Commissioner Ramon Farolan said yesterday the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is targeting a revenue collection of P91.9 billion for this year.

Farolan, who has also been designated as undersecretary of Finance together with Revenue Commissioner Dakila Fonacier on a concurrent basis, outlined his priorities which include curbing smuggling, increasing revenue collection and computerizing the operation of the BOC.

Farolan admitted that smuggling appears to have resurfaced, adding that he has sought the assistance of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Pan [DatePublished] => 2000-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86744 [Title] => Pardo wants BOC privatized; Farolan glad to be home [Summary] =>

Finance Secretary Jose Pardo batted yesterday for the eventual privatization of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), saying it might make the revenue-generating bureau more efficient.

At the same time, Pardo asked officials and the rank and file of the bureau to rally behind the efforts of the Department of Finance (DOF) at bridging the P100-billion national budget deficit expected this year.

Pardo was at the Customs offices in Port Area for the turnover rites for the bureau's new and returning commissioner, retired Gen. Ramon Farolan. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097044 [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103700 [Title] => New men at Customs, BIR  [Summary] =>

No report on corruption is complete without mention of the two biggest revenue-generating agencies -- the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs. Several administrations have vowed to clean up these bureaus with little success. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93835 [Title] => Tan: We lost in public perception [Summary] =>

He is leaving one of the government's "dirtiest" agencies on Monday. But lawyer Nelson Tan believes he was not a total failure in the one year and two weeks he has served as Bureau of Customs chief.

Tan, who at 37 became the country's youngest Customs commissioner, said he was able to institute reforms in the bureau, although the public did not see it.

"We lost in public perception," he said. "The thing is we do not tell the media everything we do. I do not deny that there had been smuggling. What country does not have? [DatePublished] => 2000-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097044 [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

FAROLAN
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    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1531729
                    [Title] => ‘Tanim-bala’ OFW victim accuses NBI of cover-up
                    [Summary] => 

A lawyer of one of the reported victims of the tanim-bala or bullet-planting scheme yesterday questioned the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) declaring the absence of a syndicate behind the extortion racket at the airport.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151212/tanim-bala-3.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327149 [Title] => The anger of God [Summary] => Yesterday, the family gathered for Mass at our home, celebrated by my nephew, Father Luis S. David, SJ. It was a reminder to me that the most important resource of the Filipino people is the family.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103846 [Title] => Roco explains -- but another hearing will take place on Monday [Summary] =>

Will Customs Commissioner Ramon J. Farolan, an ex-editor-in-chief and former President of The STAR, return to his post in the Bureau of Customs?

not_entWhen General Farolan left for Los Angeles, California, as announced for a "medical check-up", I'm afraid his problem is graver than has been admitted. It's not just a heart ailment, those close to him have intimated, but a broken heart, coupled with serious disappointment. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 725459 [AuthorName] => Matt Wolf [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101479 [Title] => New Customs chief vows to fight smugglers, raise collection [Summary] =>

Returning Customs Commissioner Ramon J. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94520 [Title] => Customs watching suspected smuggler [Summary] =>

Customs Commissioner Ramon Farolan has vowed to throw out businessman Robert Uy from Customs premises at the port of Manila.

"We will come to it," Farolan told The STAR when asked whether Uy would be bodily carried out if he is found in the bureau's office at the South Harbor.

However, Farolan said Uy can still do business at the Bureau of Customs through other people because "no law prohibits him from continuing with his business."

Uy said he continues to transact business with the bureau through representatives since former Customs Commissioner Nelson Tan had banned hi [DatePublished] => 2000-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097044 [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103763 [Title] => Can Lim also spray-paint mansions of drug lords? - Postscript [Summary] =>

Ombudsman Aniano Desierto opines that the spray-painting by Interior Secretary Alfredo Lim of the houses of alleged drug pushers in Manila is legal because a city ordinance allows it.

Lim's spray painting campaign in Manila is legal, but the same act done in another city without a similar ordinance is -- what? Illegal?

Whatever a local ordinance says or does not say, if an act violates a basic human right guaranteed under the Constitution, it is reprehensible. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101332 [Title] => BOC sets revenue target at P91.9B, seeks PNP help to curbsmuggling [Summary] =>

Newly appointed Customs Commissioner Ramon Farolan said yesterday the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is targeting a revenue collection of P91.9 billion for this year.

Farolan, who has also been designated as undersecretary of Finance together with Revenue Commissioner Dakila Fonacier on a concurrent basis, outlined his priorities which include curbing smuggling, increasing revenue collection and computerizing the operation of the BOC.

Farolan admitted that smuggling appears to have resurfaced, adding that he has sought the assistance of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Pan [DatePublished] => 2000-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86744 [Title] => Pardo wants BOC privatized; Farolan glad to be home [Summary] =>

Finance Secretary Jose Pardo batted yesterday for the eventual privatization of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), saying it might make the revenue-generating bureau more efficient.

At the same time, Pardo asked officials and the rank and file of the bureau to rally behind the efforts of the Department of Finance (DOF) at bridging the P100-billion national budget deficit expected this year.

Pardo was at the Customs offices in Port Area for the turnover rites for the bureau's new and returning commissioner, retired Gen. Ramon Farolan. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097044 [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103700 [Title] => New men at Customs, BIR  [Summary] =>

No report on corruption is complete without mention of the two biggest revenue-generating agencies -- the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs. Several administrations have vowed to clean up these bureaus with little success. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93835 [Title] => Tan: We lost in public perception [Summary] =>

He is leaving one of the government's "dirtiest" agencies on Monday. But lawyer Nelson Tan believes he was not a total failure in the one year and two weeks he has served as Bureau of Customs chief.

Tan, who at 37 became the country's youngest Customs commissioner, said he was able to institute reforms in the bureau, although the public did not see it.

"We lost in public perception," he said. "The thing is we do not tell the media everything we do. I do not deny that there had been smuggling. What country does not have? [DatePublished] => 2000-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097044 [AuthorName] => Jerry Botial [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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