General Santos City- Unfazed by rumors that he would soon be replaced,
and backed up by a Malacanang statement affirming the President’s
continued trust in him, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon today visited
the General Santos City (GenSan) Fish Port to check on the Bureau of
Customs’ (BOC) industry protection measures. The visit comes in the wake
of his organizational re-configuration of the BOC in order to tighten
its grip on smuggling and revenue collection.
According
to Biazon, the tuna industry in GenSan is one of the country’s major
economic life line, generating billions of pesos in revenues yearly and
thousands of jobs for the locals in this southern Philippines city.
“The GenSan tuna industry is a major economic booster for the Philippine government that needs full support, particularly from the Bureau of Customs.” Biazon said, even as he added that, “The BOC is committed to protect this industry, if only to save the jobs of thousands of Filipinos and to facilitate an investor friendly environment for the industry.”
In 2012, the BOC- Sub-Port of Dadiangas (General Santos City), collected Php 512. million in revenues, surpassing its assigned target for the year of Php 496.3 million by Php 16 million.
According to General Santos City sub-port District Collector Pendatun Alim, the tuna industry contributed a big part to their revenues making it the second top exporter and importer in his port, next only to the pineapple industry.
The BOC customs office at General Santos City is a sub-port of the BOC-Port of Davao District Office under Collector Martiniano Bangcoy. According to Bangcoy, the sub-port of General Santos City is his district’s major revenue generator.
For his part, Century Tuna and GenTuna Plant Controller Emmanuel Mernilo said, the current business
According
to Biazon, the tuna industry in GenSan is one of the country’s major
economic life line, generating billions of pesos in revenues yearly and
thousands of jobs for the locals in this southern Philippines city.“The GenSan tuna industry is a major economic booster for the Philippine government that needs full support, particularly from the Bureau of Customs.” Biazon said, even as he added that, “The BOC is committed to protect this industry, if only to save the jobs of thousands of Filipinos and to facilitate an investor friendly environment for the industry.”
In 2012, the BOC- Sub-Port of Dadiangas (General Santos City), collected Php 512. million in revenues, surpassing its assigned target for the year of Php 496.3 million by Php 16 million.
According to General Santos City sub-port District Collector Pendatun Alim, the tuna industry contributed a big part to their revenues making it the second top exporter and importer in his port, next only to the pineapple industry.
The BOC customs office at General Santos City is a sub-port of the BOC-Port of Davao District Office under Collector Martiniano Bangcoy. According to Bangcoy, the sub-port of General Santos City is his district’s major revenue generator.
For his part, Century Tuna and GenTuna Plant Controller Emmanuel Mernilo said, the current business
environment in GenSan’s tuna
industry has made it a very viable business sector. Mernilo attributes
the success of GenSan’s tuna industry to the renewed trust of industry
stakeholders in the way things are done by the government, particularly
that of the BOC.“Sanhi na rin ito ng aming pagbabalik ng tiwala sa pamamalakad ng mga sangay ng gobyerno na namamalakad sa industriyang ito particular na ang Bureau of Customs” (This is the result of our renewed trust in the way things are done by the government agencies regulating this industry, particularly the Bureau of Customs.) Mernilo said.
While in General Santos City, Biazon also inaugurated the sub-port of Dadiangas’ newly renovated customs building named the Yellow Fin building. The Commissioner’s program of reform for the BOC also includes infrastructure development and structural facelifting of the Bureau’s facilities in order to provide a safe and pleasant working environment for BOC personnel and the stakeholders.
- BOC, 21 January 2013
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