Senator Raffy Tulfo has called on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to pursue the filing of charges against the trader responsible for smuggling more than P1.43-billion worth of contraband e-cigarettes bearing the "FLAVA" label. Tulfo said these contraband were seized by the Bureau of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Social Security System (SSS), Bureau of Customs (BOC), and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Tuesday, November 7, in a hotel here for the social security coverage of job order and contractual personnel of these three offices who are not...
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the appeal filed by former Cebu customs official Benjamin C. Bongon and private individual Roger T. Ang seeking to overturn their graft conviction on the irregular sugar auction conducted in 2000. In a decision dated Dec. 1, 2017, the Cebu City regional trial court...
Philippine authorities are still conducting an investigation to identify the persons behind the shipping of two cadavers that were discovered inside a container van in Thailand last week. The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) confirmed the discovery of a male and a female decomposing bodies based on...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has granted P3.1 million out of the P5.5 million refund sought by the Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) for the excise taxes the firm paid for imported wines, liquors and cigarettes in 2009 for consumption in its international flights. In its Oct. 5, 2023 decision, the...
Intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have foiled an attempt of around P2.2 billion worth of shabu during an inspection of shipment at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Thursday, Oct. 4 BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said the shipment came from...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to fix its issues on unfilled positions and low salaries of personnel. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB Photo) During the Senate hearing on the...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Sunday, Oct. 1, revealed that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against rice smugglers in Bulacan, while cases are being built up for filing in Zamboanga City. Customs Commissioner Bien...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs, backed by government anti-narcotics operatives, have foiled the attempt to smuggle around P3.8 billion worth of shabu following the confiscation of the shipment containing the illegal drugs at the Port of Subic. Agents of the Customs Intelligence...
The distribution of the smuggled rice seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the qualified beneficiaries underwent the proper process, President Marcos assured on Tuesday, Sept. 26. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid...
Malacañan said that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Saturday, Sept. 23, has so far seized P31.5 billion worth of smuggled goods, the highest in the agency’s history. (From left) BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio and CIIS Director Verne Enciso (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) A...
Bureau of Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said that the agency will remain committed to campaigning against illegal trade and smuggling. Rubio stated this following the turnover of P42 million worth of rice to selected government agencies and beneficiaries. "The BOC treats this matter with...
