A traffic rerouting plan for light vehicles will be implemented starting July 20 as C3 Bridge will be partially closed to give way to…
Rerouting plan set as C3 Bridge partially closes for NLEX road project
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BOC suspends imposition of safeguard duty on ceramic tile imports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has put on hold the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imported ceramic floor and wall tiles. The suspension…
Vinpearl Air set to join Vietnam’s aviation market
Competition in the airline industry in Vietnam just got tougher as a new carrier is set to join the country’s aviation market. This follows…
DTI to introduce logistics data portal
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch within a few weeks a portal that will provide data useful for the logistics industry.…
ICTSI wins bid to acquire Rio container port
Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through subsidiary ICTSI Americas B.V., has made a successful bid to acquire 100% of the shares…
Customs strike team eyed to stop foreign waste dumping in PH
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to look into the creation of a special strike team to guard…
CAB conditionally lifts flight restrictions to Boracay
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has lifted its moratorium on charter flights to the airports of Kalibo and Caticlan—gateways to Boracay—subject to certain guidelines…
BOC outlines procedures for handling alert, pre-lodgment control orders
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released procedures for the issuance and processing of the pre-lodgment control order (PLCO) and alert order (AO) pursuant…
PEZA looks to simplify requirements, extend validity of 3PL accreditation
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is working to slash requirements for accreditation as well as extend the validity of accreditation of truckers, freight…
BOC allows non-brokers to register as declarants; brokers cry foul
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is allowing persons other than the customs broker to file an application for accreditation and obtain a certificate of…
EO eyed to regulate fees of international shipping lines
An executive order will take the place of a proposed joint administrative order (JAO) designed to regulate charges of foreign shipping lines operating in…
Mindanao rail project cost jacked up by 131%
The Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board on July 10 approved the increase in project cost…
PH’s biggest passenger terminal launched at CDO port
Cagayan de Oro port’s passenger terminal building (PTB)—the biggest in the Philippines so far—was formally inaugurated on July 15. Located within the Passenger Terminal…
Businesses not fully implementing an e-commerce strategy, DHL study finds
A new DHL report shows that most companies have failed to fully implement an e-commerce strategy despite recognizing the vital importance of e-commerce in…
VN aviation sector flies 38.5M passengers in H1
Vietnam’s aviation sector served 38.5 million passengers in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 9.4%, according to the Civil…
HKIA cargo volume falls in H1 as demand continues to weaken
Cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) declined in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year, while passenger…
BOC formalizes tracking, control procedures for container movements
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued guidelines and procedures for the monitoring and control of the movement of all containers, whether loaded or…
Third party providers now require BOC registration
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will supervise and regulate third-party service providers transacting on behalf of importers and consignees by requiring them to register.…
BOC on track to meet P10B rice tariff collection goal
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects to meet the P10-billion target tariff collection for rice imports under Republic Act No. 11203, Customs commissioner Rey…
DOTr completes 17 airport projects in first half of Duterte’s term
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it has completed 17 commercial airport projects, with 28 more projects currently ongoing, in the first three years…
