ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities intercepted thousands of liters of smuggled fuel aboard a motorized banca during a seaborne operation in Tawi-Tawi province last Sunday, July 20. The composite team flagged down an unmarked motorized banca off the coast of Bongao and upon inspection, 30 drums with a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga Water Patrol Division seized 40,000 liters of smuggled diesel fuel worth P2 million in a boat at the Varadero de Cawit shipyard here on Saturday, March 1. ML Dino Saja Zsae de Guzman, BOC-Zamboanga port collector, said ML...
Authorities inspect a tanker allegedly engaged in oil smuggling activities at the Navotas Port on Sept. 18, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) took custody of two tankers that were allegedly engaged in oil smuggling activities at the Navotas Port. In a statement Friday, Sept. 20,...
After nearly five years of implementation, has the government's fuel marking program successfully halted or significantly reduced oil smuggling in the Philippines? Rather than providing a direct answer, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has chosen to rely on official data to illustrate the program's...
Leading oil firm Petron Corporation has been ranked consistent topnotcher in the country’s fuel marking program that is being enforced by the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to potently curb smuggling in the downstream oil sector. As reported by the Customs bureau, Petron rated highest in the fuel...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of liters of smuggled fuel on board a boat docked in a vessel docking facility here were seized by authorities on Saturday, September 9. The Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao, Bureau of Customs, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) found...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy intercepted a motor launch carrying hundreds of drums of smuggled fuel products in the sea of Sulu on Saturday, April 1. THE Navy seized more than P9-million worth of undocumented fuel products on board the M/L Anne Nur in the sea of Sulu. (NFWM photo)...
The names of alleged big-time oil smugglers were revealed on Thursday, January 19 during a Senate consultation meeting called by Senator Raffy Tulfo with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) on the controversial fuel marking program. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate energy...