Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 11, sought an assessment of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) modernization program amid the influx of smuggled products in the country. Recently, BOC agents have seized more than P63-million worth of frozen goods from Hong Kong and China. Also last week,...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) said Friday, Dec. 2, that it has turned down the petition of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to deny the multi-million peso duties and tax refund petition of Toyota Motor Philippines for the importation of selected vehicles from Japan. Court of Tax Appeals The court en...
Following the higher than expected revenue haul this year, Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said he was looking at P1 trillion as his aspirational target for the government’s second largest tax agency. On the sidelines of the the Manila Bulletin Hotseat interview on Tuesday, Nov. 22, Ruiz...
The Department of Finance (DOF) vowed to modernize the government’s main tax agencies following the swift approval of its proposed budget for next year. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said on Monday, Oct. 3, that the DOF is planning to spend P30.57 billion in 2023, higher by...
Malacañang said there is no stopping the Marcos administration from going after big businessmen who are allegedly behind the widespread sugar hoarding as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) visited warehouses in Mindanao this week. File photo In a statement, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that...
Six Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials from the Port of Subic were relieved for their supposed involvement in the alleged smuggling of sugar, Malacañang announced. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) relieves six officials for alleged smuggling of sugar at the Port of Subic. (OPS) Press Secretary Trixie...
Malacañang pounced hard anew on suspected sugar hoarders as it announced the seizure of at least 60,000 bags of sugar in a series of inspections in different warehouses in Bulacan on Saturday, August 20. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yields at least 60,000 sacks of suspected hoarded sugar in their...
The Bureau of Customs-Port of Subic seized another container of smuggled cigarettes from Singapore valued at P46.28 million. The Port received derogatory information on the shipment, which prompted the issuance of a Pre-Lodgement Control Order. A total of 1,122 master cases of Marvels Filter...
ONE-hundred eighty-two cases of smuggled cigarettes loaded in a ‘jungkong’ were intercepted by Navy and Customs personnel off Balod Island in Sulu Sunday, July 31. (Navy photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao and Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled an attempt to smuggle more...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized an estimated P18 million worth of allegedly smuggled red and white onions at the Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO), it reported on Thursday, July 28. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Customs) The shipments that arrived at the CDO port were consigned to a certain Primex...
The Bureau of Customs, under the new administration, unveiled seven priority programs aimed at curbing smuggling, increasing revenue collections, eradicating corruption, and implementing the full digitization. Following the turnover ceremony on Monday, July 25, Acting Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Yogi Filemon Ruiz as the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) acting commissioner, Malacañang confirmed. Customs Enforcement and Security Services Director Yogi Filemon Ruiz takes his oath as the new Bureau of Customs Commissioner (BOC) before President...
