Photo Release

CONTINUATION OF BOC HEARING: Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, presides over the continuation of the Senate investigation on the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs into the country last May. May Escoto, a contractual employee since 2014 and assigned at the Bureau of Custom's Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), appeared before the committee to validate the statements that fixer Mark Taguba said during the hearing last September 25. Also in photo are Senators Panfilo Lacson (left) and Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV (right). (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo)