District Collector William Balayo
LIMAY, Bataan-The Port of Limay has broke the record for collecting above targets of tens of billions of collections for 15 consecutive months, while the Sub port of Mariveles failed miserably to meet its targets for several months.
For July alone, District Collector William B. Balayo reported yesterday they were able to collect P11,894,836,682 for the month of July alone with 18.69 percent above target or P1,873,007,602 surplus, another record-breaking in terms of collection by the Bureau of Customs.
The controversial Sub port of Mariveles, once dubbed as “haven for oil smugglers, “ under Collector Gregorio Tomagan, however, failed again to meet its collection target despite the increasing volume of shipments as it was able to collect only P4,373, 146,245. 29 for July or negative 12.73 percent against its collection target of P5,010, 914, 540 set by BoC.
Despite the several failures of Mariveles sub port to meet its collection target, Tomagan remains undaunted, newsmen learned. Earlier, Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has warned that those failing to meet their collection targets will be relieved from their posts while Sec. Jose Diokno of the Department of Finance has maintained to retain those contributing immensely to the government’s coffers but warned that those who failed to perform their job will be sacked and replaced with a competent one.
Earlier, in his speech during the turnover ceremony, Ruiz underscored his seven (7) priority programs: (1) zero tolerance for drug smugglers; (2) curb gun smuggling; (3) eliminate agricultural smuggling; (4) increase revenue generation; (5) fully digitalize Customs processes; (6) increase employee morale; and (7) eradicate corruption. Ruiz said priority programs are aligned with the mission order given by President Marcos Jr. to the new Commissioner.
A practicing lawyer and COA, Collector Balayo said that he and his personnel are throwing their full support to the leadership of Commissioner Ruiz for the success of the BoC in raising more revenues for the government.
