Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials should give premium on arresting big-time smugglers and not punishing ordinary Filipinos grappling with the soaring prices of agricultural products in the Philippines. Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito pointed this out on...
A two-month buffer stock of sugar will be maintained in order to avoid a shortage of the commodity in the country, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yields at least 60,000 sacks of suspected hoarded sugar in their inspection of four warehouses in Guiguinto,...
ZURICH, Switzerland — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. believes that the digitalization of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be vital in the government’s fight against smuggling, noting that putting a stop to it will eventually lead to a steady supply of goods in the country....
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs confiscated 80,000 bags of refined sugar, which are believed to be smuggled from Thailand, during an anti-smuggling operation in Batangas. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said each of the bags contains 50 kilograms of sugar for a total of 4,000 metric...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he wanted significant reforms in the bureaucracy to curb smuggling, saying government agencies must do something to address the issue. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos said this in a meeting with the...
More than P23.8 million worth of refined sugar were seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) as the Bureau of the Customs (BOC) continues its aggressive operation against smuggling of agricultural products into the country. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the sacks of...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has foiled the attempt to smuggle seven container vans of fresh onions during a spot-check examination at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Tuesday, Jan. 10. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said five of the container vans were...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, January 10 questioned the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 22,000 metric of onions saying this would only hurt Filipino farmers. The DA, headed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. had earlier bared its...
As the fight against smuggling continues, a total of P78.9 million worth of illegally imported agricultural goods were seized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other government agencies during separate operations at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) from December 2022 to...
Two people were arrested after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled the alleged smuggling of some P13.8 million of shabu into the country. The illegal drugs arrived in the country through the Port of Clark on Jan. 2 from Thailand and was declared as microserver double stairless ceramic, according to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, January 8 said he supports a proposal that seek the creation of a task force against illegal traders who smuggle and sell onions in order to address the issue on rampant smuggling and hoarding of the agricultural produce and other prime vegetable commodities....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says that the closure of Subic Port should be "seriously considered" if only to address the alleged rampant agricultural smuggling there. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda "Unless Subic Port cleans up its act, we should seriously consider just closing the...
