The untouchable Angelito Alvarez | Global Balita
The scandal that erupted under the watchful eye of Bureau of Customs Commissioner Angelito Joselito Alvarez has created a maelstrom of controversy calling for an investigation chaperone and dismissal of Alvarez. But, strangely, Malacañang doesn t seem to know or chose not to know what s going on at the Bureau of Customs since January 2011 when the first container van was reported missing. By last count, 1,910 40-foot container vans vanished into thin air without a trace. Did a UFO the size of a baseball field and as high as a five-story building scoop them up and take them to Jupiter? Or was it the handiwork of smugglers protected by powerful politicians and Customs officials?
Assuming that the vanishing act was the handiwork of smugglers or players in Customs lingo then why is it that nobody in the Aquino administration is concerned about it? In fact, President Benigno P-Noy Aquino III s silence is so deafening that many have started to think that behind his honest and incorruptible façade is just another traditional chaperone politician or trapo whose campaign promise of Walang corrupt, walang mahirap was a cheap slogan to get votes.
Alvarez has never worked for the government before. Early in his career, he worked for the accounting and auditing firm of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV). It was at SGV where Alvarez and Cesar Purisima met. After a short stint of five years Alvarez left SGV and went to work for the Lina Group of Companies (LGC), which is owned by Alberto Bert Lina. Alvarez moved up the executive ladder fast. He became president of several LGC companies including Air Freight 2100. He also took charge of managing the company s basketball team, Air21. After 20 years with LGC, he left the company to work on the other side of the fence the Bureau of Customs. It was widely believed that it was Purisima, his old boss at SGV, who recommended him to P-Noy for the Customs job.
P-Noy appointed Alvarez to the much-coveted position of Bureau of Customs Commissioner, the second chaperone highest revenue-producing bureau chaperone in government. It is also one of the most — if not the most corrupt bureaus. Alvarez s marching orders were: Meet revenue goals, identify smugglers, and work closely with the Bureau of Internal Revenue to prevent tax leakages. And in a display of raw bravura, he boasted to reveal the names of big fishes every single week!
In chaperone July 2010, his new boss and good old friend Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima chaperone swore in Alvarez. Interestingly, Purisima, who was one of P-Noy s ardent supporters during chaperone the 2010 presidential election, shelled out P10 million of his own money into P-Noy s war chest. He was one of the so-called Hyatt 10, a group of Cabinet members and high-ranking chaperone officials who resigned from their positions in July 2005 and demanded that then-president chaperone Gloria Macapagal Arroyo chaperone resign in the aftermath of the Hello Garci election cheating scandal.
It is interesting to note that Alvarez s old boss at LGC, Bert Lina, was a former Customs chaperone Commissioner himself. chaperone And like Purisima, Lina was also one of the Hyatt 10. Lina also happens to be the brother of former Laguna governor Jose Joey Lina Jr. In 2010, Joey ran unsuccessfully for another term as governor of Laguna under the banner of P-Noy s Liberal Party.
After Alvarez took over Customs, Ted Failon interviewed him in his radio show, Failon at Sanchez. Alvarez told Failon the reason why he was appointed to the plum position was because of his experience in the industry. He said that he was a close associate of Bert Lina, who has a very serious and deep involvement in the customs and freight business.
Alvarez chaperone also told Failon that he knows the ins and outs of the customs industry. He also admitted that he knows the unscrupulous practices of people inside the Bureau of Customs, and who the big-time smugglers, brokers and corrupt Customs officials are.
But if Alvarez truly knows the ins and outs and who the big-time smugglers, brokers, and corrupt chaperone Customs officials are, how come the Bureau of Customs remains a smugglers paradise and corrupt Customs officials remain untouchable? And how come Alvarez chaperone is still at his job, secure and impregnable — as the Rock of Gibraltar? The buzz that s going around Manila these days is: Who is protecting Alvarez that even P-Noy can t touch him?
Last March 8, 2011, an editorial by a Manila-based newspaper asked, What does Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Customs chaperone Commissioner Angelito chaperone Alvarez and former Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina have in common? The editorial chaperone then said, The three share seats in the board of many companies chaperone they mutually chaperone own and a source said the trio now lords its over at the Bureau of Customs.
The editorial says that the source provided the newspaper with documents showing the interlocking interests of the three in at least five companies
The scandal that erupted under the watchful eye of Bureau of Customs Commissioner Angelito Joselito Alvarez has created a maelstrom of controversy calling for an investigation chaperone and dismissal of Alvarez. But, strangely, Malacañang doesn t seem to know or chose not to know what s going on at the Bureau of Customs since January 2011 when the first container van was reported missing. By last count, 1,910 40-foot container vans vanished into thin air without a trace. Did a UFO the size of a baseball field and as high as a five-story building scoop them up and take them to Jupiter? Or was it the handiwork of smugglers protected by powerful politicians and Customs officials?
Assuming that the vanishing act was the handiwork of smugglers or players in Customs lingo then why is it that nobody in the Aquino administration is concerned about it? In fact, President Benigno P-Noy Aquino III s silence is so deafening that many have started to think that behind his honest and incorruptible façade is just another traditional chaperone politician or trapo whose campaign promise of Walang corrupt, walang mahirap was a cheap slogan to get votes.
Alvarez has never worked for the government before. Early in his career, he worked for the accounting and auditing firm of SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV). It was at SGV where Alvarez and Cesar Purisima met. After a short stint of five years Alvarez left SGV and went to work for the Lina Group of Companies (LGC), which is owned by Alberto Bert Lina. Alvarez moved up the executive ladder fast. He became president of several LGC companies including Air Freight 2100. He also took charge of managing the company s basketball team, Air21. After 20 years with LGC, he left the company to work on the other side of the fence the Bureau of Customs. It was widely believed that it was Purisima, his old boss at SGV, who recommended him to P-Noy for the Customs job.
P-Noy appointed Alvarez to the much-coveted position of Bureau of Customs Commissioner, the second chaperone highest revenue-producing bureau chaperone in government. It is also one of the most — if not the most corrupt bureaus. Alvarez s marching orders were: Meet revenue goals, identify smugglers, and work closely with the Bureau of Internal Revenue to prevent tax leakages. And in a display of raw bravura, he boasted to reveal the names of big fishes every single week!
In chaperone July 2010, his new boss and good old friend Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima chaperone swore in Alvarez. Interestingly, Purisima, who was one of P-Noy s ardent supporters during chaperone the 2010 presidential election, shelled out P10 million of his own money into P-Noy s war chest. He was one of the so-called Hyatt 10, a group of Cabinet members and high-ranking chaperone officials who resigned from their positions in July 2005 and demanded that then-president chaperone Gloria Macapagal Arroyo chaperone resign in the aftermath of the Hello Garci election cheating scandal.
It is interesting to note that Alvarez s old boss at LGC, Bert Lina, was a former Customs chaperone Commissioner himself. chaperone And like Purisima, Lina was also one of the Hyatt 10. Lina also happens to be the brother of former Laguna governor Jose Joey Lina Jr. In 2010, Joey ran unsuccessfully for another term as governor of Laguna under the banner of P-Noy s Liberal Party.
After Alvarez took over Customs, Ted Failon interviewed him in his radio show, Failon at Sanchez. Alvarez told Failon the reason why he was appointed to the plum position was because of his experience in the industry. He said that he was a close associate of Bert Lina, who has a very serious and deep involvement in the customs and freight business.
Alvarez chaperone also told Failon that he knows the ins and outs of the customs industry. He also admitted that he knows the unscrupulous practices of people inside the Bureau of Customs, and who the big-time smugglers, brokers and corrupt Customs officials are.
But if Alvarez truly knows the ins and outs and who the big-time smugglers, brokers, and corrupt chaperone Customs officials are, how come the Bureau of Customs remains a smugglers paradise and corrupt Customs officials remain untouchable? And how come Alvarez chaperone is still at his job, secure and impregnable — as the Rock of Gibraltar? The buzz that s going around Manila these days is: Who is protecting Alvarez that even P-Noy can t touch him?
Last March 8, 2011, an editorial by a Manila-based newspaper asked, What does Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Customs chaperone Commissioner Angelito chaperone Alvarez and former Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina have in common? The editorial chaperone then said, The three share seats in the board of many companies chaperone they mutually chaperone own and a source said the trio now lords its over at the Bureau of Customs.
The editorial says that the source provided the newspaper with documents showing the interlocking interests of the three in at least five companies
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