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...
SEAOIL, one of the country’s leading fuel providers, continued to top the list of importers in the Zamboanga Peninsula, according to the 2022 Top Importers report of the Bureau of Customs in Zamboanga. TOP IMPORTER -- SEAOIL is awarded as the Top Importer in 2022 by the Bureau of Customs Zamboanga...
A good first impression from the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) chief. That's how Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co described the P16.6-billion revenue surplus recorded by the BOC for the first quarter of 2023. "I congratulate the BOC and it's new leader Commissioner [Bienvenido] Rubio for exceeding...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has exceeded its revenue collection target for the first quarter of 2023 by P16.6 billion. The BOC target from January to March this year is P197 billion and Commissioner Bien Rubio said that based on their data, the agency has collected P213.619 billion, or an 8.43...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOVC) seized around P4.9 million worth of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country during an operation in Zamboanga City. BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said the 141 master cases of of undocumented cigarettes were intercepted during a seaborne...
Agents of the intelligence and investigation service of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container Port (MIC) seized around P120 million worth of poultry and seafood products believed to have been smuggled into the country in a series of raids on warehouses in Navota City....
The House of Representatives has gained a commitment from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) that it would assist them in monitoring the entry of agricultural products in the country amid an ongoing panel inquiry on the issue of hoarding. Onions sold at a Quezon City supermarket. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA...
If House Speaker Martin Romualdez would have his way, he would impose a one-strike policy against collectors of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) who fail to meet their target revenues. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and House Speaker Martin...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez renewed his warning to the hoarders of agricultural products to stop their "evil" deeds once and for all. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) "I reiterate my warning to these evil hoarders and unscrupulous businessmen. We are breathing down your necks. Tuldukan...
Intelligence and investigation agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized around P1.5 billion worth of counterfeit goods during a raid on a warehouse in Pasay City, the biggest haul so far since the change of leadership in the agency. BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said the operation stemmed...
Around P150 million worth of agricultural products were seized in separate raids on 24 warehouses in Malabon and Manila as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) further stepped up the campaign against smuggling. The raids conducted on Friday, Feb, 17, came barely a week after BOC Commissioner Bienvenido...
Joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized 300 tons of imported onions and garlic in simultaneous raids on warehouses in Manila and Malabon on Friday, Feb, 17. CIDG director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat, Jr. said the operation...
