ALL BAD things! BAD news!!~ Illegal Activities!

[cebu-future]

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This has been a problem since the start of Philippine government ahahaha. Maayo unta to if Japanese or American nalang ato government oi hahaha. Nagpatugatuga man ta handle sa ato country. Pasakop nalang ta utro sa hapon ug amerikano ahahaha

[giddyboy]

salah nas goberno kai perting hinaya mo lihok sa kaso ni marcos.... tsk tsk pasabot lang na diil basta basta ka kuha dayon ang mga Swiss Accounts... ana gyud na kangilnig basta Swiss Accounts

btaw sab noh...ang Swiss banks are the most secure and protected banks overseas...lisod gyud bawion once nasulod na ug swiss acct.

"Banking in Switzerland is characterized by stability, privacy and protection of clients' assets and information. The country's tradition of bank secrecy, which dates to the Middle Ages, was first codified in a 1934 law.

Swiss bank secrecy protects private banking information; the protections afforded under Swiss law are similar to confidentiality protections between doctors and patients or lawyers and their clients. The Swiss government views the right to privacy as a fundamental principle that should be protected by all democratic countries. While secrecy is protected, in practice all bank accounts are linked to an identified individual, and a prosecutor or judge may issue a "lifting order" in order to grant law enforcement access to information relevant to a criminal investigation." ---wikipedia

[Rance]

BEWARE. Police artist’s sketch of the alleged leader of the Estribor Gang leader that held up the branches of LBC, RCPI and other firms in Davao del Norte. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ORLANDO B. DINOY / INQUIRER MINDANAO

[br]Posted on: March 28, 2008, 08:11:56 PM_________________________________________________Imported rice found in raidhttp://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/04/03/news/imported.rice.found.in.raid.html

A JOINT team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the National Food Authority raided a Mandaue City warehouse yesterday and found an estimated 30,000 sacks of rice imported from Vietnam that, they said, shouldn’t have been there.

The raid was not about the rice importation itself, but about the apparently illegal warehousing activity, said Atty. Ernesto Macabare of the NBI.

Businessman Regan King, who confirmed owning the shipment in a separate interview, said the rice importation and its storage at the warehouse were above-board.

He lambasted the government agencies involved in the raid, saying they are only delaying the release of the rice and compounding the supply shortage that is driving prices up.

“Our importation can really help increase the supply and stop the shortage,” King said.

Gerald Plaza, a colleague of King, said the agencies, by seizing the rice, are forcing them to pay higher warehousing fees–an expense that they are forced to transfer to the consumers by hiking the price per kilo.

However, public information officer Edgar Diez of the National Food Authority (NFA) said the warehouse is not among those authorized by the NFA for rice storage and warehousing.
[br]Posted on: April 03, 2008, 05:01:57 AM_________________________________________________Did warehouse have a license?
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb....license..html

AN OFFICIAL of the National Food Authority (NFA) yesterday admitted in open court that the Mandaue City warehouse containing businessman Regan King’s rice did not have a license.

Jaime Ang, testifying before RTC Executive Judge Fortunato de Gracia, said their records only showed a license application for warehouse 52 of the Mandaue North Central Castelex Compound.

But Cebu City Councilor Gerry Carillo, King’s lawyer, clarified in an interview last night that what the official meant was the absence of a license plate. Ang heads the licensing division of the NFA provincial office.

“There is none because the NFA did not issue one to anybody,” Carillo said. He explained that the NFA has not yet conducted the bidding for the manufacturing of the plates that all registered warehouses are supposed to display.

Ang’s testimony clarifies allegations that the raid the NBI carried out against the warehouse was baseless and done simply to harass the businessman, said NBI 7 Director Medardo de Lemos.

[Rance]

17 hot cars seized in Cebu raid
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net...cebu.raid.html

CEBU CITY -- A joint team from the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) and the police's Regional Intelligence Office raided a firm in Mandaue City Saturday and seized 18 Korean-made vehicles that were allegedly smuggled.

PASG-Cebu Assistant Director Jojo Collantes told Sun.Star Cebu that the cars -- several units of Kia Rio, Hyundai Sonata and Kia Sportage -- were taken from Song Pa Motors Trading and were brought to the customs area of the Cebu International Port.

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Collantes said the cars have plate numbers issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The plates, however, turned out to have been issued for other vehicles.

The team that conducted the raid was armed with a search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Geraldine Faith Econg last Friday.

Before Saturday morning's raid, Song Pa Motors, located at Gate 3 of Sacris Extension, Mandaue City, was placed under surveillance on orders of PASG-Cebu Director Ariel Palcuto.

Collantes said verification with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) revealed that Song Pa Motors is registered as a motorcycle retailer under the name of a certain Michael Mengasca.

Mengasca reportedly admitted that he is only an employee of three Korean nationals, who are the real owners of the company and who refused to give their names during the raid. If this is true, the Koreans may be charged for violating the Anti-Dummy Law.

An ABS-CBN report said Song Pa lawyer Danilo Go will present documents on Monday to prove that his client's business is legitimate.

Collantes said this is the first time PASG-Cebu seized vehicles in violation of Executive Order 156 issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2003, which prohibits the importation of used vehicles.

The Arroyo order was declared valid by the Supreme Court (SC) in a ruling in 2006.

Meanwhile, DTI Central Visayas Director Asteria Caberte said since the company is registered as motorcycle retailer, it cannot deal cars. Otherwise, it will be a case of misrepresentation.

"Misrepresentation could merit the cancellation of its accreditation with DTI", Caberte said.

LTO Central Visaytas Director Raul Aguilos said if the number plates attached to the seized vehicles are genuine, then Song Pa could be liable for illegal transfer of plates from one vehicle to another.

Aguilos said his office could trace the real owners of the vehicle number plates.

He said illegal transfer of number plates carries an administrative fine of P6,000 and may reach P15,000 if the plates are also covered with fake documents.

Director Geronimo Rosas of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) 7, for his part, said that if it is true that the real owners of Song Pa Motors are Koreans, they could face deportation.

Rosas said smuggling is a form of economic sabotage, which is a ground for deportation for the foreigner involved. Sun.Star Cebu/Sunnex)