CEBU CITY — New Cebu customs collector Charlito Martin Mendoza has taken his post this week at the Port of Cebu but another customs official insisted that she was still the customs collector here. Lawyer Elvira Cruz, who was replaced in April 2019, filed cases today at the Court of Appeals “to stop the order” replacing her as Customs Collector in Cebu. In January 10, 2019, Commissioner Guerrero issued a Customs Personnel Order (CPO) reassigning Cruz to the Collection Monitoring Unit in Manila and was replaced with OIC Customs Collector Lemuel Romero sometime in April. On June 7, 2019, the CSC issued a directive suspending the re-assignment order, said Librojo in a press conference called by their camp today. ADVERTISEMENTThe new Customs Collector said his marching orders here would be to fight corruption inside the Bureau.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 03, 2019 08:37 UTC