PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is not heeding calls from lawmakers to fire Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon after being embroiled in the controversy over the P6.4 billion worth of illicit drugs from China that slipped past the country's ports.

In a statement on Tuesday, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said Faeldon still enjoyed the President's "full confidence."

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