BOC files smuggling charges at DOJ vs 2 importers, customs brokers

Smuggling charges have been filed against two importers and customs brokers for gross undervaluation of millions worth of motorcycle shipments and large-scale agricultural products today by the Bureau of Customs . Charged at the Department of Justice were owners and customs brokers of Granstar Premiere Sports Corporation and Seven Myth Marketing.

Another wartime wreckage found

The expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel led by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has documented the USS Ward in its final resting place near Ponson Island in Camotes, Cebu. The Allen-led expedition released the first underwater footage of the USS Ward - the American destroyer that fired the first shots in World War II at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Charges filed vs personalities linked to Kerwin Espinosa

THE police in Albuera, Leyte, lodged on October 12 a complaint against several government officials and civilians linked to the illegal drug operation of alleged Eastern Visayas top drug Lord Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa. The Albuera police, led by Chief Inspector Jovi Espenido, filed the complaint before the Ombudsman Regional Office in Eastern Visayas around 5 p.m. of October 12. Named in the charge sheet were Senator Leila de Lima , and Councilor Nelson Pepito Jr. of Barangay Binogho, Albuera, Leyte, for allegedly protecting the illegal drug operation of Kerwin, who is still at large.