President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Yogi Filemon Ruiz as the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) acting commissioner, Malacañang confirmed. Customs Enforcement and Security Services Director Yogi Filemon Ruiz takes his oath as the new Bureau of Customs Commissioner (BOC) before President...
A team composed of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel seized an estimated P1.5 billion worth of various smuggled goods, fake luxury items, and cigarette-manufacturing materials from a warehouse located in Valenzuela City, authorities revealed Friday,...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu has collected P20.192 billion, exceeding its target for the first half of the year The collection is P3.053 billion or 17.81 percent higher than its six-month target. District Collector Charlito Martin Mendoza attributed the port’s positive...
With President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. temporarily helming the Department of Agriculture (DA), former Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza couldn't help but give the Chief Executive a piece of advice. Former Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized P6 million worth of misdeclared fresh white onions consigned to Silver Pop Dry Goods Trading at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) as a fresh wave of anti-smuggling efforts aim to prove the agency’s commitment to protect the country’s borders....
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....
The Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) has seized P9.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from a fishing boat traversing the waters of Manalipa, Zamboanga City, authorities reported Friday, June 24. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga) The BOC-POZ, through its...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has approved the donation to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of fuels that were seized by the Bureau of Customs and forfeited in favor of the government. The Customs will turn over a total of 41,356.8 liters of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Zamboanga port led the destruction of some P110-million worth of smuggled cigarettes outside the Customs warehouse in Zamboanga City on Thursday, May 5. BOC Zamboanga port collector Sigmundfreud Segundo Barte Jr. said the contraband is composed of 3,110...
In pursuit of transparency and border security, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) revealed Friday, April 22, that it lodged 30 criminal and administrative charges against erring importers and customs brokers who profusely violated customs laws, rules and regulations. Bureau of Customs The BOC, through...
Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested a female claimant of a parcel containing shabu during a controlled delivery operation in Trece Marteres City, Cavite. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) spokesperson Derrick Arnold Carreon identified the claimant as Lionela dela Cruz of Barangay...
The Philippine government is losing about P26 billion in taxes every year due to illicit cigarettes, a House lawmaker said. During the Combating Illicit Tobacco Trade webinar on Thursday, April 7, PBA Party-list Rep. Jericho Jonas B. Nograles said that based on the Euromonitor International report,...
