(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The long-term priority programs includes the full automation of frontline transactions, improvement of risk management system, implementation of customs modernization program, ISO certification of customs offices and PGS compliance, enhancement of trade facilitation, rationalization of penalty regime, filling-up of vacant plantilla positions, enhancement of management and technical skills, enhancement of stakeholder engagement and intensification of border protection. This set of programs is in line with the agency’s mission to strengthen the country’s border protection, enhance trade facilitation and improve revenue collection. Under the full automation of frontline transactions, the Customs bureau has implemented the upgrade and stabilization project for the E2M system, online payment through PayMaya and online submission of documents through the Customer Care Portal System.