The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated some P3 million worth of onions at the Port of Cagayan de Oro which are believed to have been smuggled into the country from China. Consigned to South Road Consumer Goods Trading, the shipment from China arrived in Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT)...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday, Oct. 4 urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to go all out in helping farmers who have to absorb the double whammy of twin floods - typhoon Maring and unabated smuggling of vegetables from China. Flooding Nograles said local farmers are in dire...
The Bureau of Customs has donated mobile phones, laptops, educational materials and other seized goods to the Department of Education (DepEd) and other government agencies. Bureau of Customs (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III,...
Several luxury vehicles believed to be smuggled and a haul of millions worth of coins were recently found stored in a house in Quezon City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Saturday, Oct. 2. LUXURY-- Possible smuggled luxury vehicles such as Lamborghini, Nissan GTR, Ferrari, Ford Shelby GT500,...
Farmers claimed they have been competing against smuggled agricultural produce from China and other countries for many years now, although the surge in smuggled vegetables was only highlighted recently. “Whether these smuggled carrots entered the country via technical smuggling at ports or open...
Two importers are now facing smuggling complaints for allegedly misdeclaring their shipments of cigarettes and hazardous chemicals in the country in June 2021, the Bureau of Customs disclosed. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The BOC, through the Bureau's Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), has filed...
Lawmakers from the House of Representatives have called for an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the proliferation of smuggled carrots and other vegetables in local markets. (Pixabay) The Makabayan bloc compose of representatives of the Bayan Muna, Gabriela, ACT Teachers and Kabataan Party...
Despite the rising smuggling activities in the country involving agricultural commodities, Agriculture Secretary William Dar admitted that the construction of what will be the Philippines' first ever first-border quarantine facility for farm products is facing further delays. DA Secretary William...
Cheap imported carrots and other vegetables believed to be coming from China have started to cause problems among local farmers. This prompted Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) to urge the House of Representatives to probe the worsening smuggling of temperate or salad vegetables in the...
Two importers are now facing smuggling complaints for allegedly bringing in misdeclared shipments of cigarettes in the country in July this year. SMUGGLING RAPS-- The Bureau of Customs files smuggling complaints against two importers for allegedly misdeclaring their cigarette shipments. (Photo...
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that would further plug loopholes in the current Anti-Money Laundering Law by penalizing smuggling of foreign currency and other monetary instruments in bulk. Dollar Smuggling With 197 affirmative and zero negative votes,...
The House of Representatives has provided another way for Filipinos to earn millions of pesos even without winning a gold medal in Olympic Games. House of Representatives plenary On Monday, August, 23, the legislative chamber gave its unanimous nod to the final reading approval of a bill that will...
