More than P23.8 million worth of refined sugar were seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) as the Bureau of the Customs (BOC) continues its aggressive operation against smuggling of agricultural products into the country. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the sacks of...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has foiled the attempt to smuggle seven container vans of fresh onions during a spot-check examination at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Tuesday, Jan. 10. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said five of the container vans were...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, January 10 questioned the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 22,000 metric of onions saying this would only hurt Filipino farmers. The DA, headed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. had earlier bared its...
As the fight against smuggling continues, a total of P78.9 million worth of illegally imported agricultural goods were seized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other government agencies during separate operations at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) from December 2022 to...
Two people were arrested after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled the alleged smuggling of some P13.8 million of shabu into the country. The illegal drugs arrived in the country through the Port of Clark on Jan. 2 from Thailand and was declared as microserver double stairless ceramic, according to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, January 8 said he supports a proposal that seek the creation of a task force against illegal traders who smuggle and sell onions in order to address the issue on rampant smuggling and hoarding of the agricultural produce and other prime vegetable commodities....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says that the closure of Subic Port should be "seriously considered" if only to address the alleged rampant agricultural smuggling there. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda "Unless Subic Port cleans up its act, we should seriously consider just closing the...
A neophyte congressman wants government officials who are allegedly involved in agricultural smuggling probed and subsequently punished if proven guilty. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) "Kailangan ding imbestigahan at mapanagot ang mga nasa pamahalaan na may mga link sa...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, January 6, urged the government to go after smugglers of agricultural commodities and protect local farmers from unwarranted competition. Gatchalian lamented that authorities have been confiscating smuggled products left and right but no “big fish” has been...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have intercepted around P17 million worth of onions in an apparent agricultural smuggling attempt after they were found to be hidden in between sacks of used clothings, popularly known as "ukay-ukay", inside three container vans from China. BOC Commissioner...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has vowed to pin down the alleged Chinese mafia behind the agricultural smuggling in the Philippines as soon as Congress resume sessions this year, 2023. Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda, chairman of the said committee, said the panel has “Class...
Amid the continuous price increase of onion that already hit P720 per kilo this week, intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized another multi-million peso worth of agricultural products that include sacks of onions believed to have been smuggled into the country....
