November 12, 2025 | 9:51pm
MANILA, Philippines — The Palace on Wednesday, November 12, confirmed that Romeo Lumagui has been sacked as the commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
Initial reports of Lumagui being replaced were confirmed by Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Dave Gomez.
Lumagui is replaced by Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Charlito Mendoza.
“Pursuant to the provisions of existing laws, you are hereby appointed Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Finance, Romeo D. Lumagui Jr.,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wrote in a letter to the incoming BIR chief.
Before Lumagui was removed, the BIR had filed a P7.1 billion case against the Discaya couple, two key figures in the flood control anomaly mess.
Prior to his appointment, Mendoza was the undersecretary for the Revenue Operations Group in the DOF.
The group was tasked with overseeing the operations of both the BIR and the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
Mendoza has also been a district collector for the BOC Port of Cebu from 2019 to 2022.