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No. 1534_._
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'vVHEREAS. r'ariousl news organization-s in August reported that the Bulearr of Custorns
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(BOCt plarls to intrusively irrspcct and fr.rrthet'tax shjprnL:nts ovcrseas Filipino workLrl's (OIiWs)
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WFIEREAS. quoting Custtxrs Commissiorrcr Alhcrtr-r Lina, tire mcclia saicl tlral thc trew'
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WI-ItrREAS, the Customs chiel clairnccl that existing laws on balikkrayitn bcrxcs
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WFIEREAS. rrn
2l August
of existing Iaws;
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employees of tlre Bureirtr of Ctrstorns, lrercciYed as olre of the most con'upt agenci(-s;
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WHEREAS. Lina holvever reporteclly adnrittecl tirat tl'rere have treen accusations that
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WHERET\S. sL-lnte 78.000 l;ilipino netizens. uran_v of tirenr OFWs arrd merrrbers of their
Iirmilies. ha','e sigrred the petition
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crurplained that the Crrstoms fhilcd to ct'rnsult thcnr on plar.rnecl changes irr halikbayan box
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policies;
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WHEREAS" the governflent lllllst strirze lrr achic:vc tlre delicate balance tletrveen, on thc
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onc ha1d. lul filling its rlanclatt: to curb smtrggling. ancl. orr tlre other, protcLrtil'tg balikbayan
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non-iDtrusivc inspecti
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pilrticipartion in
WHEREAS, in the interest of trrrrrslllrency. and iu orcler to ensure citizen
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Cttstorts in ordcr ltrr tire agencl, to bcttcr perflor:m its rrrandate of crllle<;ting cluties. fighting
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it is also
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the proper Scnate comrnittec to couduct an irrclr-riry. in aid of legislation, on the re-port that thc
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