Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have intercepted some 1,900 liters of kerosene that were delivered to a gasoline station in Tacloban City. In a statement, the BOC said the importers of the kerosene appeared to have not paid the necessary taxes and comply with the necessary clearances for the...
Amid the continuous price increase of onion that already hit P720 per kilo this week, intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized another multi-million peso worth of agricultural products that include sacks of onions believed to have been smuggled into the country....
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched a management portal system that will connect its electronic data-based documents to its counterparts in the Southeast Asia region. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the project is the Philippine government's commitment to have interconnectivity of...
Government anti-narcotics operatives seized more than P8.5 million worth of ecstasy in a controlled delivery operation in Sta. Rosa City in Laguna. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the operation also resulted in the arrest of Joy Bautista who received the package containing the ecstasy...
Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated more than P171 million worth of onions and other agricultural products in more than two weeks of operations as part of the efforts to address...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, December 23 called on the government to hasten the investigations on agricultural smuggling and make those who would be found guilty to be held accountable. Go said the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) should conduct an...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has shipped 20 container vans loaded with balikbayan boxes that were abandoned in its two warehouse in Manila and Bulacan. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the balikbayan boxes were ordered transported to MIndanao and Visayas ports which will in turn take the...
Intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have impounded two container vans loaded with onions at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) Port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. The operation conducted by the BOC's Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), in...
The United States has committed to support the Bureau of Customs to optimizing its digitization trade process to improve its services and optimize the Philippine's trade potential with regional neighbors. The assurance of support was made by delegates from the United States Mission to the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, December 20 urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) ramp up its modernization program by achieving full digitalization and investing in new technology to arrest the rampant smuggling happening at the country’s ports. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on...
The plan of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to turn the Port of Davao into a new logistics and investment hub in Southeast Asia is moving closer to reality after the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has approved the creation of a technical working group. Port of Davao District Collector...
The Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu has joined an inter-agency task force in Central Visayas that was created to beef up the security and operation against the proliferation of illegal drugs in the region. Port of Cebu District Collector Elvira Cruz said the BOC is among the 15 government...
