Road safety has been a long time global and national priority. Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018 estimate that 1.35-million lives are lost due to road accidents each year. In the Philippines, the Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System recorded 65,032...
Several allegedly smuggled luxury cars worth P500 million were discovered in two showrooms in Quezon City and Pampanga in separate operations conducted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday, Oct. 21. Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN According to BOC, they received a report that the luxury cars...
Majority of vehicles being used today highly contribute to climate change, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) said Thursday, Sep. 16, as it also warned of its harmful effects. UNIDO Philippines national project coordinator Bellrose Buraga bared in a virtual briefing that...
Driver-assistance systems and their effect on drivers From ACC (adaptive cruise control) to V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communications, it seems like the gamut of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) that are making cars smarter have now far exceeded the letters of the English alphabet, and...
G4 anything Mitsubishi offers you a car that is game (G) for anything, in the form of the new Mirage G4. Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) just unveiled its latest iteration. The refreshed subcompact sedan comes with sportier styling and updated features and amenities. Styling The...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has signed an order to stop the imposition of safeguard duty on imported completely built up (CBU) passenger cars and imported CBU light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Lopez signed the order last Friday, August 6, dismissing the case filed by the...
Participants and domestic autoparts manufacturers in the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program expect to receive an estimated P2.6 billion in fiscal tax incentive claims. Ferdinand Raquelsantos, president of the Philippine Parts Makers Association (PPMA), said that of the...
Domestic vehicle parts manufacturers have strongly urged government to sustain its support for the CARS (Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategic) Program as they lost their fight for tariff protection on locally produced motor vehicles and to save local jobs, blaming it to “bullying and...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified that all commodities flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for lack of import permits were released after the correct duties and taxes, including excises, were properly collected. (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) In a statement Monday, July 19,...
Black Sheep or Golden Boy? They say you've got to spend money to make money. Although, in post-war 1950s Germany, trying to get back on one’s feet was no easy task. Which is why the story of the BMW 507 is all the more profound. Max Hoffman in his showroom, circa early 1970's (steinerag.com) In...
A total of 21 smuggled vehicles were reduced to scrap after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) simultaneously destroyed seized luxury and "knocked down" cars in Manila and Cagayan de Oro on Friday, June 18. EXPENSIVE SCRAP--Twenty-one luxury cars and other knocked down vehicles were destroyed by the...
Same scheme, same failed result. Three smuggled luxury vehiclesreportedly hidden behind used tires--were uncovered anew at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) in what has now become a familiar modus operandi, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday, June 10. SAME MODUS Another shipment...
