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                    [Title] => BOC-NAIA torches pest-infested fruits
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino  International Airport (BOC-NAIA) torched some 500 kilos of pest-infested lanzones from Thailand  yesterday.


BOC-NAIA District Collector Ricardo Belmonte said that the pest-infested lanzones were detected by Customs examiners at the NAIA Terminal I arrival area last Thursday.

The fruits were placed inside 15 styropor boxes brought in by a Filipina passenger Bangkok. She arrived via Kuwaiti Airways Flight KU 411, which landed at the NAIA at around 6 p.m.
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Ricardo Belmonte, BoC-NAIA district collector, said the commendation given last week will go a long way in inspiring his men to boost their vigilance on the entry of fruits and plants that may carry pests and other diseases unknowingly being brought by "balikbayans" and tourists into the country.
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The primers intend to educate passengers of Customs procedures and laws as well as give them a mechanism for giving feedback on the service they were given at the airport.

The distribution of the primers was presided over by no less than Customs Commissioner Alexander Arevalo and BOC-NAIA District Collector Ricardo Belmonte.
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BOC-NAIA District Collector Ricardo Belmonte said that the pest-infested lanzones were detected by Customs examiners at the NAIA Terminal I arrival area last Thursday.

The fruits were placed inside 15 styropor boxes brought in by a Filipina passenger Bangkok. She arrived via Kuwaiti Airways Flight KU 411, which landed at the NAIA at around 6 p.m.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319476 [Title] => Customs team at NAIA commended [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BoC-NAIA) has earned a commendation from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) and the Department of Agriculture for its success in detecting and blocking the entry of pest-infested mangoes into the country.

Ricardo Belmonte, BoC-NAIA district collector, said the commendation given last week will go a long way in inspiring his men to boost their vigilance on the entry of fruits and plants that may carry pests and other diseases unknowingly being brought by "balikbayans" and tourists into the country.
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The primers intend to educate passengers of Customs procedures and laws as well as give them a mechanism for giving feedback on the service they were given at the airport.

The distribution of the primers was presided over by no less than Customs Commissioner Alexander Arevalo and BOC-NAIA District Collector Ricardo Belmonte.
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