By Khriscielle Yalao A principal examiner of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) was shot and wounded by an unidentified motorcycle rider in Sampaloc, Manila on Friday night, Jan. 14. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the victim as Ryan Difuntorum, 41, BOC Section II assistant chief. The shooting...
The Bureau of Customs seized some P30 million worth of counterfeit medicines, including popular paracetamol brands, amid the reported shortage of supply especially in Metro Manila. The counterfeit medicines were packed in cartons printed with Chinese characters. They were found in two storages at...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. has partially paid its back taxes to the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Department of Finance (DOF) announced on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III confirmed that BOC has received P1.7 billion from Pilipinas Shell, accounting for around half of...
The Duterte administration’s budget deficit registered only a marginal increase last November owing to improved revenue collections, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The national government incurred a P128.7 billion fiscal gap last month, up by only 0.33 percent compared with P128.3...
The sheer volume of smuggled and misdeclared fruits flooding the country’s wet markets has reached alarming proportions, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has stated. Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda2 Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Made, expressed dismay over the unabated...
Malacañang has denied Senator Ping Lacson's claim that an "inter-agency conspiracy" has facilitated the smuggling of vegetables from China to the Philippines, particularly in the highland province of Benguet. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) "Wala pong inter-agency...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) should file charges against four companies that are known to be “repeat offenders” of agricultural smuggling in the country. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she pressed Customs officials to submit an investigative report on why repeat violators of smuggling...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Manila International Container Port (MICP), backed with government's anti-narcotics operatives, seized some 15 kilos of shabu during a buy-bust in Caloocan City. The operation also resulted in the arrest of Randy Rafael, according to the MICP report....
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) incurred P3.4 billion in forgone revenues due to lower pork import tariffs, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported on Monday, Nov. 22. The tax collection losses stemmed from the government’s effort to boost the supply of pork and stabilize its retail prices in the...
The anti-smuggling unit of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) raided a warehouse in Malabon that resulted in the seizure of approximately P4.72-million worth of smuggled agricultural products. Seized during the warehouse raid in Catmon, Malabon were imported vegetables like broccoli, carrots and red...
Around P1.9 million worth of Indonesian cigarettes that were allegedly smuggled in Glan, Saranggani were recently confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), it reported on Friday, Nov. 5. BOC/MANILA BULLETIN According to BOC's Port of Davao, the smuggled cigarettes were loaded in a motorboat at...
Two employees of the Bureau of Customs were arrested in an entrapment operation after they were accused of extorting money from an importer in exchange for the release of a shipment. Based on the report, Zosimo E. Bello and Salvador V. Seletaria were reportedly demanding P300,000 from an importer....
