Alberto Lina

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“In effect, I was terminated. At the time, I lived a comfortable life. I was travelling a lot for the company and I had three cars. But I was only an employee. That led me to do things on my own. If I didn’t get fired, I wouldn’t have created my own group of companies. I saw the opportunity in freight and I built my businesses around it. I’ll never forget 21 because that was the day when I opened a new chapter in my life.”

After being fired, he established the Airfreight 2100 (Air21), his own freight forwarding company. He later controls over 19 companies by 2012, Airfreight 2100, DOS-1 or 21 (the acronym for Dynamic Outsource Solutions, Inc.), and GO21 (a messenger service using bicycle), [7] U-Freight Inc. and U-Ocean Inc. [8] He is also have ventures including Burger King Philippines (where he is chairman and a partner of PLDT chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and the Jollibee group), Waste and Resource Management (WARM), now defunct Mail and More, Corporate Air and Shopinas, an e-commerce or internet trading outfit, also now defunct. [7]

He also received honors and awards such as honors graduate of the Philippine School of Business Administration, a Most Outstanding Manilan awardee and recipient of the Papal Award Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice from the Archdiocese of Manila. [7]

Lina began his basketball investment in 1997 when he owned the Laguna Lakers in the Metropolitan Basketball Association. He also became the manager of the Philippine squad in 1999, that captured the gold medal in basketball at the Southeast Asian Games. In 2002, he started a team in the PBA after acquiring Bong Tan's Tanduay Rhum Masters, the team became FedEx Express (that turned into Air21 Express, and later Barako Bull Energy), and reviving the Tour of Luzon (also called FedEx Express Tour, later Tour Pilipinas, Golden Tour, Padyak Pinoy and now, on its first decade, Le Tour de Filipinas), with a global cast and sanction by the Union Cycliste Internationale. He also acquired the Barako Bull Energy Boosters and revived the name Air21 Express. [7]

Customs career

Lina became Commissioner of Bureau of Customs in February 4, 2005. [1] He have faced some controversy while on his first term as commissioner. [9] But he resigned in July 8, 2005, and joined the “Hyatt 10”, [10] a group of cabinet officers following allegations of election cheating incident against then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2004 elections. [2] [11] In April 23, 2015, he returned to the post, [3] [4] [10] and promised reforms, [8] In August 24, 2015, President Noynoy Aquino orders the Customs to stop the physical inspections of balikbayan boxes unless X-ray and K-9 examinations give rise to suspicions that they contain prohibited items. [12] On the Senate hearing last September 3, Lina went apologized to the inconvenience brought about the alleged opening of balikbayan boxes by Customs personnel. [13]

He served until June 30, 2016, but received graft charges against him on Ombudsman in July 19 within the same year. [14]

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  4. 1 2 Villanueva, Marichu A. (October 4, 2015). "BOC customized to ex-military men?". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bert Lina proposes solution to lower food prices and reduce wastage". milyonaryo.com.ph. March 24, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  6. ↑ Lina, Joey (June 21, 2022). "2nd Lt. Jose S. Lina Sr.: Filipino war hero". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
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Alberto Lina
Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs
In office
April 23, 2015 –June 30, 2016