APEC Finance Ministers of Twenty-One (21) member economies convened for their 18th annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii on 10 November 2011 under the chairmanship of Mr. Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed a complaint-affidavit with the Department of Justice against JOYCEE ANN JONA GAPASIN DE JOSEP (DE JOSEP) for printing official receipts and/or commercial invoices without authority from the BIR and for failure to issue duly-registered...

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed criminal charges with the Department of Justice against GLOBE MALLOW INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES CORPORATION (GMIEC) and its responsible corporate officers – President GENOVEVA M. GOZUM and Treasurer GENE M. GOZUM - for willful attempt...

The Finance Department’s anti-corruption unit, Revenue Integrity Protection Service (RIPS), uncovered undeclared personal assets as well as non-filing of sworn Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) perpetrated by MANUEL E. LEYCANO, JR., City Treasurer...

Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon and RCMG Deputy Commissioner and concurrent RATS group head Peter Manzano, today led the filing of smuggling charges against the importers and brokers of three illegal shipments of ukay-ukay goods worth...

Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ruffy Biazon’s stepped up drive against smuggling has yet again, hit smugglers where it hurts the most, their deep pockets.

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