Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon today cautioned the public not to entertain any individual or entity claiming relationship with him, his family and friends for the purpose of influencing customs personnel on any customs matter.
In his first Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) issued to all concerned, Commissioner Biazon instructed all Customs personnel to refrain from giving special treatments to shipments or any customs matter being processed or followed- up by persons or companies claiming actual or alleged relationship with the Commissioner of Customs.
“I encourage everyone to report to my office any transaction/shipment where my name or that of any member of my family or friends is being name-dropped so that appropriate sanctions could be instituted,” Biazon said.
Biazon reiterates his 9 C’s management agenda for the BOC anchoring his leadership on change, closing loopholes, continuity, consultation, computerization, cooperation, clamp down, cheer leader and collection.
According to Biazon, to enable the bureau to recover its integrity as the country’s second largest revenue generating agency, change is necessary.
“To achieve this recovery, we must embark on initiatives that require not just institutional change but personal change as well,” Biazon stressed.
To set the premise for this change, the bureau will undertake training programs, and workshops that will catalyze a shift in how BOC employees view their jobs from collecting money for their pockets to collecting revenues for the government and from a sense of personalism to patriotism.
Biazon also promised to close the loopholes which has caused billions of pesos in revenue losses for the government under the bureau’s current system.
But even as he stressed the needed changes in the bureau, Biazon also emphasized that he will continue the programs of his predecessor that proved effective and productive for the government. PIAD-BOC
