AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO,PHILIPPINES

                                             REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

                                OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT-MALACANAN PALACE

                                                     MANILA PHILIPPINES

                                                          JULY 11, 2010

HIS EXCELLENCY PRES.NOY AQUINO

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

MALACANAN PALACE

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Dear President Aquino,

                                       GREETINGS OF PEACE AND JUSTICE  

   

                  THIS IS to extend our heartfelt congratulations to our beloved new President of the Philippines! It was everyone’s fervent prayers to have you to continue the works of your parents! Thanks to the Almighty God the favor was granted to all of us Filipinos!

                    My name is Rosalinda Olaer Carino originally from Davao City, an extract of  Iba Zambales and Tagbilaran Bohol. My mother Salud Del Fierro Largo was married to Flavio D. Olaer of Tagbilaran,Bohol. I am a retired Medical technologist although by profession, I am also a registered Pharmacist in the Philippines. So much for my introduction, I would like to propose a question about how the Bureau of Customs works.

The following points are:

1. JERMAC FORWARDERS EXPRESS was opened by me and my husband, Juan D. Carino some couple of years ago! We accepted the offer of the UMAC CARGO FORWARDERS whose owners happened to be a long lost brother of Ben Carino, the owner of the Marikina Umac Cargo at Marikina, Rizal.

2. Most of our customers are having double jobs, just so they can make some household goods forwarded to its poor relatives in the different provinces of the Philippines. Most of their goods are old clothes,shoes,toys some can goods from their own supplies! Please let us know why the Custom at the South Harbor Pier is asking the Jermac Forwarders Express to pay custom duties of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS for a 20-footer-Conatainer.Is this true, household goods are taxable? How could this be taxable if most of the goods are donations from relatives of the poor family who are waiting for such sharing of the goodies enjoyed by the people here in the United States! It is important that such law in the transfer of second-hand goods from U.S.A. to the Philippines be made available to us forwarders! THIS IS TO cite an example: JERMAC loaded a 20-ft.container in February 17, 2010 and it arrived in April 14, 010.the APL EXPRESS whom JERMAC took its shipping needs was paid in full, but, the Agent of HANJIN SHIPPING, Mr. Alex Labandia only endorsed the shipping money in June 4, 2010,after he returned to the States from Samar!

3. The above February shipment was held in the custom, even if the shipping company was cleared! Why would be a payment needed by the customs for lifting a memo of abandonment of such April arrival, not only this, the custom was asking for penalty, storage and demurrages, such that Jermac’s broker, Mario Bernardo of the A-1-A Cargo Forwarders of RSTI CPD, Km 16,Pamplona, Las Pinas keep on saying that  I have to hurry up of paying the PhP 99,000.00 in  addition because there will be a change of custom personnel and Jermac will lost for good the container of goods intended to support its poor relative out there! PHp 99,000.00 is asked by the Custom people? Business is slow, I could not afford that!

4..IF JERMAC already paid the custom duties of  PHp 90,000.00 and another PHp 90,000.00 for Mario Bernardo to do the door-to-door service, why, is it the above container is still in custom custody! WHAT IS GOING ON?

5 PLEASE, PRESIDENT AQUINO, help us facilitate this problem, so that those poor people waiting for its goods can be made happy! Filipinos here in the State of New Jersey took pains of having 2 jobs just to be able to extend help to our less fortunate citizens and now the Custom is holding it too long! I tried to get the attention of the custom, but, was ignored! Your assistance is very much needed! Here!

CONCLUSION: LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND LAW, IF ONE IS ALLOWED TO DO HIS/HER OWN BENEFIT IGNORING THE NEEDS OF THE OTHER,THEN OUR LESS FORTUNATE RELATIVES ARE SURELY AFFECTED BY SOME WHO IGNORED TO FOLLOW THE LAW! Your EXCELLENCY, there are not enough words for me to express my heartfelt gratitude and appreciations on your attention to this sad plight of our fellow citizens! MABUHAY and long LIVE OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO.

Very truly yours,

/S/Rosalinda O. Carino