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...
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...
