Filipino farmers are calling for the reintroduction of a pre-shipment and discharge port inspection system to stop large-scale agricultural smuggling, curb price manipulation, and ensure the safety of food imports. The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) issued this statement as smuggling of...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (Facebook) Here's an initiative from the administration of the late former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. that could help the current Marcos government curb agricultural smuggling. In a statement Sudnay afternoon, May 28, Cavite 4th Rep. Elpidio Barzaga...
In a bid to stop the smuggling of agricultural commodities, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he was considering a recommendation to conduct pre-shipping inspections (PSIs) to ensure that these goods would be safe for public consumption....
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday, May 22 pushed for the modernization and automation of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Ejercito said he is certain that modernizing the operations of the BOC will address corruption in the agency as “human discretion” in critical operations and...
Congress should move to pass laws that would punish government officials who are involved in the facilitation of smuggling of agricultural products. Similar to the country’s anti-trafficking laws, Senator Risa Hontiveros said it is high-time that government officials who facilitate, conspire...
Senators sought stricter sanctions, including the re-imposition of the death death penalty, against persons who have a hand in the multi-billion-peso smuggling operations at the country’s air and sea ports. Their proposed iron-fist penalties followed a three-hour public hearing by the Senate...
Despite President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s order to import an additional 150,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar, the price of this commodity is unlikely to drop to its previous low level unless more sugar importers are allowed to penetrate the market. Sen. Risa Hontiveros pointed this...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Station 6 led by Police Col. Sonny Boy Perez intercepted an abandoned van containing P525,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes on Saturday, May 13, while conducting hot pursuit operations against a suspect in a shooting incident here. Police Col....
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard arrested two Indonesians for transporting smuggled cigarettes onboard a motorized banca in Maasin, Sarangani on Saturday, May 6. Capt. Mitch Ursabia, Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao spokesperson, said Fadli Machamud and Fajar Antari...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has intercepted an unidentified motor banca loaded with P600,000 worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes from Indonesia. (Photo: PCG) The PCG Station Western Sarangani flagged the boat while sailing off Brgy. Taliac in Maasim, Sarangani Province last Saturday, May 6....
Senator Cynthia A. Villar is pushing for the creation of special courts to try exclusively smuggling cases worth billions of pesos that has prejudiced farmers and the economy. Villar said regional trial courts (RTCs) have not been effective. In today’s hybrid public hearing of the ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Customs on Friday, April 28, destroyed in a rented warehouse here some P1.4-billion worth of smuggled cigarettes, so far the biggest bulk of smuggled items to be condemned from the Port of Zamboanga. SMUGGLED cigarettes worth P1.4-billion seized during Bureau of...
