The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has ordered all district collectors and relevant personnel to grant priority port access to cargo carrying petroleum products and to expedite the clearance and distribution of these energy supplies. The move aims to safeguard national energy security amid global supply...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno on Friday led the inspection of a shipment containing P235-million worth of smuggled cigarettes from the United Arab Emirates bound for the Port of Batangas. In a statement, the BOC chief reported that the shipment containing 637 master cases of...
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga – Three Chinese nationals were arrested after authorities found P69.8-million worth of suspected kush, a high-grade type of cannabis, in their luggage during a routine inspection at Clark International Airport on Saturday. The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Clark said...
Authorities led by the Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark intercepted a shipment containing approximately 17.5 kilos of shabu with an estimated street value of P119 million, according to a news release Saturday. The shipment originated from Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was bound for Makati...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted a shipment of undeclared cigarettes worth more than P230 million during a recent operation conducted at the Port of Batangas. In a statement on Saturday, the BOC said a physical examination of the container on March 5 led to the discovery of 637 cases of...
Malacañang dismissed as fake a circulating document claiming that Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno had been replaced, saying the matter will be referred to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said...
President Marcos Jr.’s chief economic manager is upbeat over government revenue collection in 2026, as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) moved to bolster its policy and intelligence-driven decision-making with the creation of a new strategic unit under the chief’s first order of the year. Department...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has ordered an investigation into alleged smuggling activities at the Port of Manila and relieved a Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) official pending the outcome of the probe. In a statement, BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said CIIS field station...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A new district collector took over the Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga on Monday, Dec. 22. Elenita Abaño took over from Zsae Carrie de Guzman. Abaño, whose appointment was announced during last Monday’s flag-raising ceremony, expressed gratitude and admiration for the...
More than a hundred container vans of abandoned packages of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will finally be released by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) this Christmas, President Marcos announced. During his visit at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)-Terminal 3 for the launch of the airport...
A Bureau of Customs (BOC) official purported to be connected to smuggling operations at the Port of Subic has been cited in contempt during the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform’s public hearing on Wednesday, December 3. Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Port of Clark, has intercepted 538 grams of high-grade marijuana or kush with an estimated value of P807,000. In a statement on Wednesday, Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the seized contraband, which was concealed inside a parcel declared as...