Personnel changes

NO explanation accompanied the Malacañang announcement about the ouster of Yogi Filemon Ruiz as chief of the Bureau of Customs. Ruiz headed the BOC’s enforcement and security service before he was picked to head the bureau in July last year. He previously also served as a regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Ruiz has been replaced by Bienvenido Rubio, a native of Batac, Ilocos Norte who rose from the ranks in the BOC. Rubio headed the port operations service of the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group prior to his promotion to the top post in a bureau that has long been hounded by controversies involving smuggling and corruption.