Farmers file graft raps vs BOC, BPI execs over rice imports during ban

MANILA, Philippines — Farmers’ groups have filed graft and administrative complaints against Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Director Glenn Panganiban and Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly violating a presidential order and the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) by allowing rice imports during a government-imposed ban