Officials of the Bureau of Customs Project Management Unit (BOC-PMU) met with representatives of the World Bank and discussed matters to further improve the services especially at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, the BOC said World Bank representatives led by...
Intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P150 million worth of fake apparel and other items following an inspection on a warehouse in Imus, Cavite on Thursday, Dec. 15. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the operation conducted by the Customs...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)have intercepted almost P4 million worth of illegal drugs in an anti-smuggling operation at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC). In a statement, the BOC said the illegal drugs were hidden inside four air...
Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) discovered more than P131 .9 million worth of frozen foods during an examination of three container vans that came from China. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has placed under its custody a domestic shipping vessel over issues on taxes and Custom duties during a joint operation with the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao at the Hijo Port in Tagum City. Based on the policy, an inert chemical is being added to the fuel after payment...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P410,000 worth of used clothing and shoes, locally known as "ukay-ukay" in an anti-smuggling operation in Matnog, Sorsogon. In a statement, the BOC said the 31 bales of used clothes and 10 bales of used shoes were on their way from Manila to...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has added six additional digitalization projects as it continues to implement the modernization program as measures to improve its services and to fight corruption. This was part of the discussion brought by BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz during the visit of Senators...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is set to destroy on Tuesday, Dec. 13, more than P395 million worth of cigarettes that were confiscated in a series of anti-smuggling operations in the western part of Mindanao. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said it will be the second condemnation schedule of...
Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Dec. 11, urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to pursue a legal case against so-called agricultural smugglers who illegally import agricultural products into country that directly impacts local farmers. Benguet Rep. Eric Yap (Photo from Rep. Yap via...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) must send a strong message to traders involved in the big-time smuggling of agricultural goods. Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Go Yap (Facebook) Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Yap said the BOC can do so by filing air-tight, non-bailable cases against such smugglers,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 11, sought an assessment of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) modernization program amid the influx of smuggled products in the country. Recently, BOC agents have seized more than P63-million worth of frozen goods from Hong Kong and China. Also last week,...
Government anti-narcotics operatives intercepted more than P17 million worth of shabu and marijuana in three separate operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement released on Saturday, Dec. 10, the BOC said two parcels bound for New Zealand were intercepted after...
