The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to present a substitute witness to testify in his behalf during the trial of the graft charges filed against him. Instead of himself, Faeldon offered the presentation of the testimony of his former chief of...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), the country's second-largest revenue collection agency, has entered into an agreement with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), granting it rent-free use of facilities within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone for the next 25 years. In a statement released Friday,...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated fourteen 20-foot container vans of incorrectly declared sugar products from Vietnam, valued at around ₱28.7 million, due to customs and legal violations. BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio led the inspection at the Port of Subic on April 10, which led to...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea of former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to file a demurrer to evidence and dismiss his two graft charges due to alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence. With the denial, Faeldon will be ordered to present his evidence during the...
Over 112,000 unregistered vape products, with a total value of nearly ₱103 million, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in two separate operations at the Port of Manila (POM) on Tuesday, March 18. Nearly ₱70 million was the cumulative tax revenue that the government could lose if...
DTI Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque (2nd from left) congratulates BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio (3rd from left) upon receiving the Gawad Bayanihan sa Pamumuhunan Award. Looking on (left) is DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio...
Around ₱1.18 billion worth of allegedly smuggled disposable vapes, vape pods, and used clothing from China was confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from a warehouse in Valenzuela City on Thursday, March 13. The total seized vape products were valued at around ₱320 million, while the...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) padlocked a Malabon City warehouse containing an estimated ₱1.2 billion worth of illicit vapes and counterfeit goods on Tuesday, March 11. The operation, conducted by the BOC-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), targeted a warehouse in Barangay...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized approximately ₱29 million worth of suspected marijuana and kush oil hidden inside balikbayan boxes from Canada, revealing a disturbing misuse of the traditional Filipino practice for drug smuggling. The BOC-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied for lack of jurisdiction the petition filed by a businesswoman against the Bureau of Customs (BOC) over the seizure of seven vintage magazines stuffed with collectible banknotes. Collectible banknotes, like vintage magazines, "are sought after by collectors...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution calling on the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the rising incidence of luxury cars being smuggled into the country. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, said such incidents result to considerable revenue...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's Office) House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has hailed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for taking stern action on the alleged resale of seized smuggled...
