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...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio has warned the alleged resellers of the ₱270-million worth of smuggled cigarettes confiscated recently in Capas, Tarlac. Rubio also assured that “‘heads will roll’ if reports are confirmed that some of the agency’s personnel were...
Both the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have raked in increased revenues in January this year, surpassing their collections during the same month last year. At a command conference on Wednesday, Feb. 19, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto...
After a string of imported car seizures, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is urging owners or claimants to settle the correct duties and taxes through voluntary payment, offering an alternative to a warrant of seizure and detention (WSD). Worth a total of ₱2.8 billion, the high-end luxury cars...
Forty-four units of allegedly smuggled high-end luxury cars, amounting to about ₱900 million, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Taguig City. The seizure of 44 units, including Ferrari, Maserati, and Rolls Royce, marks the third raid conducted by the Customs...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's Facebook page) AGRI Party-list Rep. Manoy Wilbert Lee hailed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for intercepting P750,000 worth of smuggled agarwood, which led him to renew his personal call for a sustainable agarwood...
Another group of allegedly smuggled high-end luxury cars was seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday, Feb. 14., a day after the seizure of ₱1.4 billion worth of smuggled vehicles. Through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service at the Manila International Container Port...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), the government's second largest tax agency, has failed to achieve its 2024 revenue target of ₱939.6 billion, only collecting ₱931.05 billion last year. While its 2024 revenues exceeded the ₱883.21 billion in 2023, the country's second-biggest tax-collection agency...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has called for a tougher campaign against agricultural smuggling on the back of the Bureau of Customs' (BOC) confiscation of P85.1 billion worth of contraband last year. “Maganda ang ginagawa ng Customs sa paglaban sa smuggling, pero hindi tayo dapat huminto....
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) found approximately ₱1.4 billion worth of luxury vehicles, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maybach, and Maserati, from warehouses in Pasay and Parañaque, due to suspected smuggling activities. On Thursday, Feb. 13, the BOC-Intelligence and Investigation...
With over P85 billion added to government coffers through its anti-smuggling drive last year, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is set to launch an even more relentless campaign against illicit traders in 2025. “We are intensifying our crackdown on illicit trade to protect local industries, ensure food...
Two drug smuggling suspects—a mother and her son—were arrested and are now in the custody of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) after authorities seized approximately ₱170 million worth of crystal meth or “shabu” in an anti-drug operation. Last week, the Bureau of Customs...
