BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P103 million in Northern Mindanao from Jan. 1 to June 22. “This is a significant increase compared to the P14.5 million seized during the same period last year,” Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P20 million in the coastal area of Manticao town, Misamis Oriental province, on Saturday, June 21. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro said eight suspected smugglers...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P43 million were seized and six persons were arrested during a seaborne patrol operation in Santa Cruz Island here on Wednesday, June 18. The Second Mobile Force Company was patrolling the area when they chanced upon two motorboats with markings...
BACOLOD CITY – Three individuals were arrested in a checkpoint in Barangay Panubigan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday night, May 21, for allegedly smuggling 250 reams of assorted cigarettes valued at P1.2 million. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson for Negros Oriental police,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recovered 11,450 reams of smuggled cigarettes valued at P12.8 million in Sitio Bagambang, Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 19. Police Capt. Reynaldo Bauden Jr., Bacolod Maritime Police Station chief, said two men were arrested for loading the...
BUTUAN CITY – Police confiscated P932,550 worth of counterfeit cigarettes and arrested nine suspects during an 18-day anti-smuggling operation across Caraga region that concluded May 18, authorities reported Tuesday. The largest seizures occurred in Surigao del Norte, where P857,400 worth of...
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, May 19 expressed firm belief that reducing taxes is not the solution to help curb illicit tobacco trade but that strengthening enforcement against such activities is still the best course. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the ways and means...
photo: CIDG Police arrested four foreigners after they yielded around P1.7 million worth of smuggled onions during an operation in Mexico, Pampanga over...
BACOLOD CITY - A 41-year-old woman was arrested by authorities after she was caught with a sachet of suspected shabu worth P3,400 during a visit to her live-in partner at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 20....
Administrative penalties should be imposed on government officials who are involved in the dismissal of cases of cigarette smuggling, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian said the stringent penalties should apply especially to state officials who were repeatedly negligent in...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea of former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to file a demurrer to evidence and dismiss his two graft charges due to alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence. With the denial, Faeldon will be ordered to present his evidence during the...
BUTUAN CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue-10 this week spearheaded the destruction of smuggled cigarettes valued at P156 million in Northern Mindanao. BIR officials said the move is part of the nationwide crackdown against tax evasion and underscores their commitment to enforcing tax...
