ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P850,000 in a checkpoint in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday, July 6. Three persons were arrested after they failed to present documents to legalize the transport of the cargo. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9...
A Zamboanga City police officer was arrested during an entrapment operation and anti-smuggling operation on Tuesday, July 4, in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public Information Officer, identified the suspect as Police Corporal Abdul Michael...
Onions (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will hasten the passage of the proposed amendments to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act upon the start of the second regular session of the 19th Congress later this month. Thus, promised House Speaker Martin Romualdez in a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he was determined to go after smugglers and hoarders of agricultural goods, stressing that Filipinos are dying of starvation because manipulative schemes in the market continue to thrivel. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered an investigation on the smuggling of onion and other agricultural products, which he calls as "tantamount to economic sabotage." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) and...
Hoarding and smuggling of agricultural goods are expected to be eliminated through vertical integration, a concept the government is looking to implement in the agriculture sector. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday,...
Filipino farmers are calling for the reintroduction of a pre-shipment and discharge port inspection system to stop large-scale agricultural smuggling, curb price manipulation, and ensure the safety of food imports. The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) issued this statement as smuggling of...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (Facebook) Here's an initiative from the administration of the late former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. that could help the current Marcos government curb agricultural smuggling. In a statement Sudnay afternoon, May 28, Cavite 4th Rep. Elpidio Barzaga...
In a bid to stop the smuggling of agricultural commodities, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he was considering a recommendation to conduct pre-shipping inspections (PSIs) to ensure that these goods would be safe for public consumption....
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday, May 22 pushed for the modernization and automation of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Ejercito said he is certain that modernizing the operations of the BOC will address corruption in the agency as “human discretion” in critical operations and...
Congress should move to pass laws that would punish government officials who are involved in the facilitation of smuggling of agricultural products. Similar to the country’s anti-trafficking laws, Senator Risa Hontiveros said it is high-time that government officials who facilitate, conspire...
Senators sought stricter sanctions, including the re-imposition of the death death penalty, against persons who have a hand in the multi-billion-peso smuggling operations at the country’s air and sea ports. Their proposed iron-fist penalties followed a three-hour public hearing by the Senate...
