The Bureau of Customs (BOC) scored a win in its fight against smugglers of rice whose imports were seized for the lack of the required permits from the National Food Authority (NFA). The Batangas Regional Trial Court (RTC) dismissed the petition for declaratory relief filed by Bold Bidder Marketing and General Merchandise, through the firm’s representative Ivy Souza, against the NFA and BOC, for lack of jurisdiction.
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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