The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government’s tax collections from cellular phone shipments increased by more than quarter in the first four-months of the year despite lower volumes. Preliminary data submitted by the Bureau of Customs to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III revealed...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) helped in the arrest of two claimants of three packages that turned out to contain P15.7 million worth of the "party drug" known as Ecstasy. (Photo from BOC) The claimants, identified as Rowena Canapit and Michael De...
Bales of used clothing or "ukay-ukay" worth P7 million were prevented from being distributed to local markets after Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents from the Port of Iloilo discovered the contraband at a warehouse in Bacolod City. P7-M 'UKAY-UKAY' SEIZED -- Bales of used clothing were seized from a...
Some P16 million worth of smuggled meat ended up in the hands of Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives over the weekend, the agency said in a statement Sunday, May 9. Yielding the contraband during an operation on Friday, May 7 was a storage facility located in Navotas City. Seized were frozen peking...
Instead of paper products, boxes of cigarettes amounting to P20.37 million was found in a shipment from China which was transported to the country through the Port of Manila, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Saturday, May 8. SMUGGLED CIGARETTES FOILED -- A shipment only declared as papers but...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now transitioning into an "enhanced" customer assistance system through the help of a third-party service provider. Enhanced customer service -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) transitions into a new and 'enhanced' customer assistance system through the help of a...
Authorities have located a storage facility filled with P150 million worth of smuggled products that include personal protective gears and brand imitation clothing in a raid in Binondo, Manila. SMUGGLED ITEMS UNCOVERED-- Various smuggled products such as cosmetic products, personal protective...
The Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) has intercepted Ivermectin and other undeclared regulated drugs from a shipment imported by Finstad Inc. from New Delhi, India. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The shipment was declared to contain "food supplements, multivitamins and multi-mineral capsules"....
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of NAIA has cleared the first batch of Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that arrived in the country from Russia over the weekend. (Photo by Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The cargo, which contains 15,000 doses, was flown in to the Philippines...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its revenue collection goal for April 2021 by over P2 billion on the strength of its actual collection of P51.277 billion, the agency said Monday, May 3. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The bureau had set a...
We're your partner, not prosecutors. Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Greco Belgica (Photo from Greco Belgica Facebook Page) Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Greco Belgica reminded government agencies on Wednesday, April 28 that they are their...
Authorities have seized a package containing various tea products containing 240 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" worth P1,632,000 at a warehouse in Pasay City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Friday, April 23. BOC Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said the package was...
