Port collectors hit in the first wave of Customs revamp

Finally, the much-awaited revamp at the Bureau of Customs has begun and the opening salvo targeted all the port and sub-port collectors nationwide, sparing no scared cows including the so-called “Three Kings.”

Customs chief Ruffy Biazon disclosed that he issued a memorandum directing all district and sub-port collectors “to relinquish their current assignment or designation in writing on or before Monday, 29 July 2013.” The momorandum added: “All assignments or desginations shall be considered relinquished upon acceptance or action by the undersigned.”