Customs gears for major revamp

NEWLY appointed Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina is implementing soonest a bureau-wide revamp that will affect top key officials down to the more than 3,000 rank-and-file for better facilitation of trade and strengthening of existing policies.

“Everybody serves at the pleasure of the President or the appointing authority,” Lina said over the weekend even as he stressed that the revamp would be implemented after careful evaluation and assessment of the performance of a particular official or personnel.