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September 14, 2009

SENATE JOINT COMMITTTEE HEARING: Liberal President Senator Mar Roxas castigates Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales on his bureau's lax anti-smuggling rules and regulations, which he said have been 'helping' smugglers in their illegal activities. "Your rules are helping smuggling in the country. Change your rules. There is nothing in this world that stops you from doing that," Roxas said during the Senate joint committee hearing on the smuggling of onions into the country. Players from the onion-growing industry have complained of loss of income due to the proliferation of imported onions throughout the country.

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