Local onion farmers in at least eight provinces face a bleak Christmas if the government’s plan to import the crop coincides with December harvests, Senator Imee Marcos today said. Marcos, Senate committee on cooperatives chairman, explained that farmers in Regions 1 to 3 have said they are ready...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in an operation in Jolo, Sulu. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the 30 cases of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted in Zone 3, Barangay Tulay by agents of the BOC - Enforcement and Security...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P52 million in this city on Thursday, Nov. 24. THE Navy seized 1,511 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth P52.8 million in the sea of Zamboanga City. (Navforwem photo) Naval Forces Western Mindanao (Navforwem) personnel...
Illicit cigarette trade in the country worsened amid the pandemic, allowing smugglers to amass huge profits and depriving the government of much needed tax revenues. At the recent Anti-Illicit Trade Conference “Plugging Revenue Leakage by Curbing Illicit Tobacco Trade,” authorities reported...
Assorted pieces of gold jewelry weighing 24.4 kilos with an estimated worth of around P80 million were found by personnel of Bureau of Customs (BOC) hidden inside an airplane lavatory at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Thursday, Nov. 17, in what was deemed as a brazen attempt to...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed a total of 33 cases so far in the continuing efforts to run after smugglers of agricultural products in the country. BOC acting Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the cases were against 33 importers and 11 customs brokers whose names cropped up during the...
The Philippine Coast Guard said Tuesday, Nov. 15, that it has seized 299 reams of allegedly smuggled “Casablanca” cigarettes amounting to P209,300 which were concealed in packages aboard a passenger ship in Siasi, Sulu. Courtesy of PCG The PCG said the items were intercepted by two coast guard...
Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde is seeking hefty penalties against individuals who are caught smuggling illegal drugs and other contraband inside a jail. Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde (Instagram) The actor-turned-congressman filed House Bill (HB) No.4061, or the proposed Act...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P2.45 million of cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation in Davao City. In a statement, the BOC Port of Davao said the 4,250 reams of smuggled cigarettes worth 2.45 million was seized along with a Hyundai Porter Freezer Van in a checkpoint in Toril...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized on Monday, Oct. 17, more than P228 million worth of imported sugar inside the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in Tondo, Manila. BOC acting Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the refined sugar...
Acting Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz has ordered the strategic deployment of their modernized Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) in a move to strengthen the campaign against smuggling of products into the country. The BOC has 20 FPVs and are regularly used in conduct of patrol and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P210 million aboard two vessels in Tumalutap Island here on Wednesday, Oct. 5. MEN unload boxes of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by the police off Tumalutap Island in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Oct. 5. (Ely Dumaboc) The Zamboanga City...
