{"id":1048724,"date":"2018-10-31T10:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1048724"},"modified":"2018-10-31T11:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T03:37:01","slug":"guerrero-lapena-sworn-in-as-new-customs-tesda-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1048724\/guerrero-lapena-sworn-in-as-new-customs-tesda-heads","title":{"rendered":"Guerrero, Lape\u00f1a sworn in as new Customs, Tesda heads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of newly-appointed Bureau of Customs Commissioner Rey Guerrero during a ceremony at the Presidential Guest House in Davao City on October 30, 2018. JOEY DALUMPINES\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

Newly-appointed Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director General Isidro Lape\u00f1a took their separate oaths of office before President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n

Guerrero took his oath in Davao City while Lape\u00f1a was sworn in at the\u00a0Philippine Air Force Brigadier General Benito N. Ebuen Air Base\u00a0in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.<\/p>\n

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of the newly-appointed Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director-General Isidro Lape\u00f1a during a ceremony at the BGen. Benito N. Ebuen Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on October 30, 2018. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n\n

The President appointed Guerrero, a former administrator of the\u00a0Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and a former chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as head of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) after he transferred Lape\u00f1a to Tesda. Lape\u00f1a was the former BOC head.<\/p>\n\n

Lape\u00f1a, the President said will carry the rank of a Cabinet Secretary as Tesda head.<\/p>\n\n

READ: Lape\u00f1a out of Customs but named Tesda chief with Cabinet rank<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Lape\u00f1a came under heavy fire in the wake of the alleged smuggling of P11 billion worth of shabu that slipped past the port of Manila under his watch.<\/p>\n\n

He has been accused of cover-up over the drug smuggling case at BOC but he said\u00a0these allegations were part of a \u201cwell-funded and coordinated attack” against him.<\/p>\n\n

The President however, has defended Lape\u00f1a and cleared him from the multibillion-peso drug smuggling in the agency, saying the former Davao City police chief was not corrupt.
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In his marching order to Guerrero, the President ordered him to \u201cdouble the zealousness\u201d in cleaning the BOC of corruption.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cKung sa Army ka pa, takot talaga sa ‘yo ang mga tao kasi istrikto ka daw. Double the zealousness and maybe you\u2019d have a better chance of retiring unscathed,\u201d the President told Guerrero.<\/p>\n

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The President \u00a0hailed Guerrero as a “good” and ” honest” man in leading the Customs.<\/p>\n\n

“Si Jagger (Guerrero’s nickname) naman I have known him for several years and he is good…he is honest. So sabi ko sa kanya, to protect yourself, paalisin mo lahat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

The President also ordered Guerrero to replace Customs personnel with state forces.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cMaybe you can utilize the Coast Guard sa peripheral…but doon sa loob, alam mo, Jagger, you can draw your \u2018yung technical men ng Army, mga technical men ng Air Force, Navy\u2026Hintayin mo, post ka na ng mga Marines ang katabi,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \/muf<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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