House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) gets interviewed inside a rice warehouse in Bulacan on Aug. 30 (Speaker’s office). The hoarding of rice--the staple food of Filipinos--is a "heinous crime". Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez on...
(Unsplash) The authorities' surprise inspections at warehouses allegedly holding rice stocks, like the one conducted last week in Bulacan, won't be a "one-hit wonder". Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez as he assured Filipino consumers...
The Bureau of Customs has completed the construction of a new sub-port building at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Misamis Oriental, aimed at bolstering revenue collection and improving services for stakeholders. Located within the Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental,...
There is no turning back from the unstoppable march of digitalization, which has impacted societies and industries worldwide. Accelerated by the prolonged pandemic, digitalization has become imperative for public offices, especially those serving the Filipino people. Government agencies have no...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported Friday, June 2, that it has collected P77.793 billion in revenue in May which surpassed its collection target for the said month. *BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio (File photo) * The collection was P5.443 billion or 7.52 percent bigger than the collection...
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...
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...
The Bureau of Customs, the government’s largest tax agency, has intensified its anti-smuggling campaign in the first quarter of the year resulting in the filing of 65 criminal complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said Wednesday,...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has no plan to extend the deadline for the filing of annual income tax return (AITR) due to its possible impact on funding programs of the government. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. said deadline for the payment and filing of 2022 AITR...
The higher than expected collection of the Bureau of Customs further widened in the first-quarter after the government’s second largest tax agency recorded in March its highest monthly collection for the year. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said Monday, April 3, that the...
The Bureau of Customs announced the creation of an advisory council that will engage all stakeholders, like the private sector, in formulating strategies for the government’s second largest tax agency. In a statement on Monday, March 20, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the advisory...
The Bureau of Customs said that the government’s continuous effort in combating illicit goods would entice foreign investors to do business in the Philippines. Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said on Tuesday, March 14, that the bureau’s intensified operation against fake goods will be...
