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Thursday, June 26, 2003 (Philippines)
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(The Sun.Star website is updated every 1 a.m., Philippine time and as often as news alerts from the network come in. If you are having difficulty getting the updates, click on the refresh button of your browser. -- Editors)
| THEY CARRIED IT like this, Josebil Bacolod (left) shows to the court how Ruben Ecleo Jr. and his bodyguard lugged a black trash bag allegedly containing the body of Alona Bacolod-Ecleo at her husband's parricide case trial in Cebu City. (SUN.STAR FOTO/AMPER CAMPAÑA) |
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CEBU -- Commissioner Antonio Bernardo has sent two lawyers to check the lifestyles of officials and employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Cebu, acting on reports some of them drive luxurious cars or live in houses they can’t afford.
The customs bureau’s move became public the same day as the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas’ decision to dismiss a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) division chief for falsification and dishonesty.
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