14 March 2012, Manila, Philippines: The fiscal deficit of the National Government for January 2012 reached P 15.9 billion, or a reverse of the surplus registered during the same period last year.
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Read MoreWhile he could have availed of the birthday leave privilege granted to government officials, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon preferred to spend his natal day, instead, presenting to media the results of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) intensified monitoring of cargoes by his Intelligence Division (BOC-ID) operatives led by ID Assistant Chief and Head Special Operations Eric Albano, when it caused the seizure of illegally imported used Porsche Boxter S worth Php4.5 million, used clothing worth Php3.3 million and Php1.5 million worth of PVC products.
Read MoreFor the month of January 2012, the BIR collected Php 85.15 billion in tax revenues, Php 80.69 billion from BIR operations and PhP 4.46 billion arising from non-BIR operations.
Read MoreNot wanting to have another missing containers controversy in their once glorious Port of Batangas , the Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) Batangas Chapter virtually threw in their support for the Bureau of Customs (BOC) anti-smuggling campaign during the organization’s first convention at the Lyceum of the Philippines in Batangas City recently.
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