Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

  CEBU CITY (PIA) –  The Bureau of Customs in the Port of Cebu destroyed a shipment of frozen mechanically deboned chicken meat from Jan. 13 to Feb. 5 as part of the BOC’s public health and port efficiency measures through the proper disposal of forfeited goods. The forfeited shipment consisted of two 40-foot containers, with 27 and 29 pallets of frozen chicken MDM consigned to Virginia Food Inc. These goods were forfeited in favor of the government and disposed of under Sections 1139, 1145 and 1148 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, which govern the proper handling of seized, abandoned and forfeited goods. The condemned MDM was destroyed via thermal destruction by the accredited service contractor, RRDS Environmental Services Inc., in Mandaue City, Cebu. Lawyer Vincent Philip Maronilla, BOC assistant commissioner, emphasized that the disposal process followed strict guidelines, ensuring only accredited “condemnators” handle the destruction of forfeited goods. “Usual...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Nov. 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Visayas and the Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu recently held their first governance sharing session towards the Performance Governance System (PGS) Pathway. This session highlighted the best practices they could learn and adapt from each other to achieve improved public service delivery. PGS is a holistic and collaborative framework for designing and executing roadmaps to long-term reformation. Governance sharing is one of the elements of the performance governance system where sharing of comprehensive exchange of best practices among government agencies takes place. Both agencies shared their PGS strategies. DSWD shared how they recalibrated their strategies to be responsive, especially in this pandemic. DSWD-7 Assistant Regional Director for Operations and PGS Focal person, Shalaine Marie Lucero, presented to BOC Port of Cebu the DSWD Strategy 2028, DSWD SULONG Recovery Plan, and t...