Zamboanga Customs Officials Busted Over Luxury Car Imports

Documents show luxury cars were declared as ‘plywood’ and ‘truck parts’ The Bureau of Customs' fight against corruption within its ranks scored another major victory as Deputy Collector Anicento Sanchez,…

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Ombudsman junks cases vs top Customs officials

The Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the cases filed by suspected illegal rice importer Bold Bidder Marketing and General Merchandise against top officials of the Bureau of Customs, led by…

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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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BOC bombards Bold Bidder for illegal rice imports

Bold Bidder Marketing and General Merchandise faces a barrage of smuggling-related cases filed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for the illegal entry of over 12.8-Million kilograms (over 12,800 Metric…

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Customs cracks-down on imported car dealers

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) begins its crack-down on automobile dealers selling imported vehicles in various auto exchanges and other establishments nationwide following allegations that many of these cars were…

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PhP 4.5 M Health Risk Used Clothing Seized by BOC

Three (3) twenty-footer container vans of “ukay-ukay” (used clothing) worth PhP 4.5 million and suspected to be illegally imported from the United States of America (USA) were seized recently by…

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BOC Heightens Monitoring of Plywood Importations

Alarmed by reports of alleged rampant smuggling of plywood from China, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has ordered the Bureau of Customs' (BOC) Intelligence Group under Deputy Commissioner Danilo Lim to…

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Meat Over-importation Claim Debunked at Kapihan sa Aduana

Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary Davinio Catbagan practically debunked the local hog raisers claim that the local hog raising industry is dying because of the over importation of pork…

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