One person died and more than 700 families were rendered homeless by a fire that hit a residential area in Port Area, Manila on Wednesday. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The casualty was identified as 40-year-old Ricky Sebastian. Based on initial investigation, the fire started at the fourth level...
Some P30 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from China have been uncovered by Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents from boxes of footwear, the agency bared on Tuesday, May 25. UNCOVERED-- A shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P30 million from China was intercepted at the Mindanao Container Terminal...
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), a government agency attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA), has called itself “financially fit” after consistently booking higher income throughout the COVID-19 pandemic up to the first quarter of this year. In a statement, PFDA...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents have intercepted a tanker truck loaded with around 30,000 liters of unmarked diesel during a spot inspection in Mariveles, Bataan. GOTCHA-- A tanker truck carrying around 30,000 liters of unmarked fuel was intercepted on May 21,2021 during a spot inspection in...
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...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)'s Port of NAIA cleared two shipments containing around 3.5 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, it announced Saturday, May 8. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said those cleared were 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines made by Sinovac...
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...
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...
A new isolation facility that will accommodate new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients opened on Monday, April 26, at the South Harbor in Port Area, Manila. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the opening of the Eva Macapagal Isolation Facility that has a 250-bed capacity. “Una itong...
Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) has reported an increase in fish unloading in major ports in the country, with most of the fish brought to Navotas Fish Port Complex, the largest fish port in Southeast Asia. Based on PFDA’s weekly monitoring, there was a 3-percent increase in the...
Exporters scored the exorbitant and duplication of port charges, making the country’s logistics and transportation cost the highest in the Southeast Asia region. Dr. Henry Basilio, chairman of PhilExport networking committee on logistics and transportation, reported at the PhilExport 1st...
Cruise ships, just like airlines, are down these days because of the pandemic. People around the world are not travelling because of the strict requirements at airports about visitors possibly carrying the coronavirus. We remember only too well that our first two COVID cases in the Philippines were...
