Halos P30,000 na kapalit ng mga padalang balikbayan boxes at pagkawala umano ng ilan, tinalakay sa Kamara

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Pinasubasta kaya nawala ang ilang balikbayan box na idineklara umanong abandonado batay sa mga sagot ng ilang inimbitahan sa isang pagdinig ng Kamara. May isa pang sinisingil umano ng P30,000 para matubos ang padala.

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00:00Pinasobasta, that's why some of the Balikbayen boxes were lost,

00:05which were declared abandoned.

00:07Based on the answers of some of the guests in a surveillance camera,

00:12there's another one that's being denied entry for P30,000 to complete the delivery.

00:18Maris Umali got it right.

00:24The OFW Vilma Silga became emotional

00:27when she faced the House Committee on Overseas Workers' Affairs.

00:30She was paid almost P30,000

00:34to get the Balikbayen boxes delivered to her family in the Philippines.

00:38It's hard, it's hard, it's tiring.

00:43It's a burden on the family, on the children.

00:48We have to save up so we can give it to them.

00:53That's it. We don't know where it went.

00:57I was paid almost P50,000.

01:01Then I'll have to pay P29,500 to get it to me.

01:07The committee discussed the illegal actions of the Illegal Freight Forwarder

01:12on why the Balikbayen boxes were suddenly lost by the OFWs.

01:17Our cargo was already there.

01:19That's what we were paid for.

01:21Elmer changed it for us.

01:23It was paid up to the door of our house.

01:27It turns out that the so-called Balikbayen boxes were declared abandoned

01:32and auctioned off to local freight forwarders.

01:35Then the OFWs were paid to get their Balikbayen boxes back.

01:40We still need to pay Kimunik.

01:46I paid Kimunik so I can get my boxes back.

01:51The OFW party list said

01:53that there is a dispute between some officials of the Bureau of Customs

01:59in the Auction Division and private individuals

02:03who go to auctions and corner the Balikbayen boxes

02:07that were not abandoned

02:09to be sold again to the owners of the OFWs

02:14which is of great importance.

02:16After hearing that most of the Balikbayen boxes

02:19went to Monalisa Tan,

02:22the owner of Munik Rapid Transport Inc.,

02:25an international and domestic freight forwarder.

02:28Tan's gate was only helped by the OFW

02:31who couldn't get all the Balikbayen boxes

02:33so she joined the auction.

02:35When you went to the auction,

02:37did you know that there were only a few Balikbayen boxes?

02:43Yes.

02:44How did you know about the Balikbayen boxes?

02:46The Assistant Commissioner said earlier

02:49that these are unlabeled, declared as cargo.

02:52Who told you that the Balikbayen boxes were there?

02:55Actually, my friend forwarded a BL

03:00that the cargo is in that container

03:04and I brought it with me with Ma'am Dali,

03:08how to help my friends.

03:10I will direct it.

03:11It means that Monalisa has inside information.

03:17According to the Bureau of Customs,

03:19they don't hold auctions anymore

03:21and only donate the boxes to the Department of Migrant Workers.

03:25But the Department of Migrant Workers Secretary,

03:28Hans Leo Kakda, saw a problem here.

03:29If we only pass abandoned boxes,

03:34the problem won't be solved.

03:37Which is, why are there abandoned boxes in the first place

03:42when it was already paid for?

03:45The problem won't be solved

03:47which is, the forwarding of the Balikbayen boxes.

03:53So, that's what we hope to solve.

03:55The DMW promised to help the OFWs

03:58who have to go home

03:59their Balikbayen boxes with the help of the Action Fund.

04:02Before the hearing ended,

04:04a motion was made by the Technical Working Group

04:07as part of the DMW,

04:08BOC, DTI, BOI, DOTR,

04:12OWA, and industry stakeholders

04:14to study all the issues raised during the hearing

04:17and to solve the problem.

04:19For GMA Integrated News,

04:21Maryse Umali, Naktutok, 24 Hours.

Halos P30,000 na kapalit ng mga padalang balikbayan boxes at pagkawala umano ng ilan, tinalakay sa Kamara | 24 Oras

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