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                    [Summary] => CEBU CITY — Sincere about going through an investigation and clearing his name, Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Primo Miro said he will inhibit himself from the Internal Affairs Board of which he is a member.


Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo has ordered the board to investigate Miro after he modified a decision that eventually cleared two Customs officials of liability for the mysterious disappearance of M/V Great Faith. 


The ship was seized for its load of smuggled rice but disappeared while under Customs custody.


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                    [Title] => 10 Customs men face ax
                    [Summary] => CEBU CITY — The House committee on good government has recommended 10 Customs officials and employees in Cebu to be dismissed from the service in connection with the disappearance of a vessel and its 18,000 bags of smuggled rice on Dec. 25, 2002 from the Ouano wharf in Mandaue City. 


"No less than dismissal should be imposed on those found guilty in this case so that this would serve as an example to other Customs personnel," said Rep. Ruy Elias Lopez, chairman of the House committee. 


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                    [Title] => Bibit: Abolish 5 Customs enforcement units
                    [Summary] => CEBU CITY — Cebu Customs district collector Billy Bibit is seeking the abolition of five enforcement groups in the Bureau of Customs because of their inability to contribute to the collection of revenues.


"It’s only in Cebu, among the 14 port collection bureaus, where there are so many enforcement groups and yet these are not adding to the collection of this port," Bibit said.


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                    [Summary] => CEBU CITY — Customs collector Roberto Sacramento may be arrested if he fails to attend a hearing of the House committee on good government next week.


The committee is scheduled to hold another inquiry here on Friday into smuggling activities at the Cebu Port.


Cebu City north district Rep. Raul del Mar said Sacramento has been subpoenaed to appear in the hearing to shed light on the disappearance of M/V Great Faith last Christmas Eve.


Del Mar said Sacramento may be arrested if he ignores the subpoena.


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                    [Summary] => Members of the finance committee of the Commission on Appointments grilled Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho yesterday over the unsolved problem of smuggling, estimated at P60 billion to P100 billion a year, and low revenue collections.


Reps. Clavel Martinez (Cebu), Raul del Mar (Cebu City), Bellaflor Angara Castillo (Aurora), Gerry Espina (Biliran) and Narciso Monfort (Iloilo), all expressed concern over the problems of smuggling besetting the country.


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NFA Administrator Anthony Abad reported to Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor, who also chairs the NFA Council, that the agency has at least seven warehouses in Cebu to store these stocks.


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                    [Summary] => CEBU CITY — A former staffer of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service said yesterday that there was an attempt to unload smuggled rice off M/V Great Faith at the Ouano wharf.


Former CIIS chief for Cebu Rogaciano Ceniza alleged that former CIIS chief for Visayas and Mindanao Alexander Atienza, Jr. was the one who instructed him to call the Customs police deputy commander Ronald Pasion and ask for the release of a portion of the rice shipment of M/V Great Faith.


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Cebu City north district Rep. Raul del Mar said Sacramento has been subpoenaed to appear in the hearing to shed light on the disappearance of M/V Great Faith last Christmas Eve.


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