Customs Intelligence Officer Dismissed for Unexplained Wealth

Penalized for falsification and perjury by misdeclaring SALN Marissa Rae Rollo Galang, Intelligence Officer II and Acting Chief of the Bureau of Customs-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, was dismissed from…

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Abad Lauds PHILGEPS, Customs for Transparency Responses

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad commended the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for their efforts to enhance public…

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Smuggling raps filed against illegal rice trader

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed smuggling-related complaints against the owner of Medaglia De Oro Trading and nine Licensed Customs Brokers for importing rice without the required import permit from…

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Authorities seize anti-anxiety drugs

The Bureau of Customs, in partnership and cooperation with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, seized two “balikbayan boxes” filled with 8,152 unbranded blister packs, or a total of 81,529 caplets…

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PHLPost, Customs to simplify examination and delivery of mail parcels

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) ink a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will make the process of clearing and delivery of parcels and…

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Intercontinental Grains in hot water for illegal rice imports

Importing rice without the prerequisite import permit from the National Food Authority (NFA) prompted the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to file smuggling-related cases against representatives of Intercontinental Grains International Trading,…

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Mailed anti-impotence pills seized by Customs

Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Intelligence Group intercepted a parcel mailed from the United States containing 268 blue-colored pills suspected to be sildenafil citrate, a drug used to…

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Customs busts seller of fake BOC receipts

Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) nabbed a woman caught selling fake Bureau of Customs Official Receipts (BCORS) outside the Paircargo Warehouse, adjacent to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport…

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