Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to look into the creation of a special strike team within the agency to guard against the entry of waste materials that other countries are attempting to dump in the Philippines.
Read MoreFinance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed the Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and of Customs (BOC) to intensify their joint campaign against the illicit cigarette trade following the recent approval by the Congress of a new law imposing substantial excise tax increases on tobacco products.
Read MoreThe interagency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) is undertaking the second round of its “objective, science-based, and fact-finding” audit of mining operations in the fourth week of July, and expects such a review to be completed by January next year.
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