DOF freezes 20 Customs officials

THE Department of Finance (DOF) has ordered the recall of 20 ranking Bureau of Customs (BoC) officials and asked them to report to the Customs Personnel Research Office (CPRO) as part of the continuing effort to cleanse the graft-ridden bureau.

DOF Assistant Secretary Ephyro Luis Amatong wrote a letter to Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. requesting the exemption of the latest DoF order from the coverage of Comelec ban on hiring, transfer, appointment or creation of new positions under Resolution 9581. The ban, which took effect during the barangay elections of October 28, is in effect until November 12 and covers all civil service personnel and official.