Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, December 23 called on the government to hasten the investigations on agricultural smuggling and make those who would be found guilty to be held accountable. Go said the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) should conduct an...
A measure seeking to declare as "economic sabotage" the smuggling of tobacco products into the country has been approved on second reading in the House of Representatives. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles Through a simple voice vote (ayes vs....
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...
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Joey Salceda wants to consider agricultural cartels, hoarding, and profiteering as economic sabotage. Sugar (Pixabay) “I want to give the government the legal basis to raid hoarders and cartels, and to punish them with the full brunt of the law. I...
Twelve containers containing allegedly smuggled red and white onions valued at P36 million were discovered by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cagayan de Oro at the Mindanao International Container Terminal Port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Thursday, August 11. (Photo by Bureau of Customs)...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized an estimated P18 million worth of allegedly smuggled red and white onions at the Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO), it reported on Thursday, July 28. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Customs) The shipments that arrived at the CDO port were consigned to a certain Primex...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today June 9 said he has submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman the list of 22 alleged smugglers and smuggling protectors. ‘’Pinadala ko sa Ombudsman buong committee report, nandun rekomendasyon ng Senado. kung sinu-sino mga dapat kasuhan....
Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022. The list was submitted to President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr....
After his Senate term ends on June 30, Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson is hoping to start the next chapter of his life story - by contributing to food security through a new endeavor. Lacson and some friends, including former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol, have organized themselves...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today, April 25, said a vote for the Lacson-Sotto tandem in the May 9 elections would be a vote equivalent to the protection of the agriculture industry and its sectoral players and the prosecution of vegetable smugglers and their backers. Sotto said that if he...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap on Tuesday, April 12 said he is staking his life for the sake of the 130,000 Benguet farmers whose livelihood is being threatened by unabated agricultural smuggling. Yap said this in his virtual appearance before the Senate Committee of the Whole hybrid hearing...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Tuesday, April 12 asked why no one has been jailed for agricultural smuggling despite the big volume of smuggled goods being intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Villar, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture and Food Committee, asked the question Tuesday, April 12...
