Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 11, sought an assessment of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) modernization program amid the influx of smuggled products in the country. Recently, BOC agents have seized more than P63-million worth of frozen goods from Hong Kong and China. Also last week,...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P25 million worth of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country via the porous borders of Mindanao. The contraband, according to the Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) Water Patrol Division (WPD), was intercepted off...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) foiled the attempt of suspected human traffickers to allegedly smuggle a family of four Arab nationals to the United Kingdom (UK). BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the mother and her three children were...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P20 million worth of carrots and onions at Port of Subic in its continuing crackdown against smuggled agricultural products. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the intercepted agricultural products arrived in the country on Dec. 1 and were...
A measure seeking to declare as "economic sabotage" the smuggling of tobacco products into the country has been approved on second reading in the House of Representatives. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles Through a simple voice vote (ayes vs....
Intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have intercepted more than P63 million worth of frozen foods from Hong Kong and China during an operation at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the operation stemmed from...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) said Friday, Dec. 2, that it has foiled an attempted wildlife smuggling of 23 tarantulas at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City. Photo by BOC-NAIA Photo by BOC-NAIA BOC-Port of NAIA District Collector...
Local onion farmers in at least eight provinces face a bleak Christmas if the government’s plan to import the crop coincides with December harvests, Senator Imee Marcos today said. Marcos, Senate committee on cooperatives chairman, explained that farmers in Regions 1 to 3 have said they are ready...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in an operation in Jolo, Sulu. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the 30 cases of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted in Zone 3, Barangay Tulay by agents of the BOC - Enforcement and Security...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P52 million in this city on Thursday, Nov. 24. THE Navy seized 1,511 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth P52.8 million in the sea of Zamboanga City. (Navforwem photo) Naval Forces Western Mindanao (Navforwem) personnel...
Illicit cigarette trade in the country worsened amid the pandemic, allowing smugglers to amass huge profits and depriving the government of much needed tax revenues. At the recent Anti-Illicit Trade Conference “Plugging Revenue Leakage by Curbing Illicit Tobacco Trade,” authorities reported...
Assorted pieces of gold jewelry weighing 24.4 kilos with an estimated worth of around P80 million were found by personnel of Bureau of Customs (BOC) hidden inside an airplane lavatory at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Thursday, Nov. 17, in what was deemed as a brazen attempt to...
