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Alberto Lina

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BOC gets reprieve with SC TRO vs Manila court decision on computerization project

The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) decision that prevents the Bureau of…
  • January 7, 2016
  • 3 minute read

BOC warns vs illegal activities of ‘Task Force Sunshine’

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is dissuading the public from transacting with persons pretending to be connected with the agency through the so-called…
  • December 23, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC, DHL eye more efficient air express shipment clearance

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and DHL Express Phils Corp will collaborate to enhance anti-smuggling strategies and align to global best practices procedures for…
  • December 14, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC puts on hold pilot test for e-processing of Certificate of Origin

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has indefinitely suspended the trial run for the electronic process of issuing the Certificate of Origin (e-CO). Customs commissioner…
  • December 7, 2015
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Lina orders shift in control of Manila cargoes diverted to Subic, Batangas

The matter of who has jurisdiction over cargoes transferred last year from the Port of Manila to Batangas and Subic in the wake of…
  • December 7, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Co-Loading Act IRR ready in 2 months, assures Lina

The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Foreign Ships Co-Loading Act will likely be issued in February 2015, according to Philippine Customs commissioner…
  • December 7, 2015
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BOC, Marina chiefs issue warning against fraudsters

The heads of two Philippine agencies—Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) and Bureau of Customs (BOC)—are warning their employees as well as stakeholders about “unscrupulous” individuals…
  • December 7, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC, COA sign up for audit program

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Commission on Audit (COA) are joining the Citizenry Participatory Audit (CPA) program of the Philippine Institute of Certified…
  • December 3, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Only 30% of PH gov’t agencies plugged into National Single Window

A third, or only 12 of 40, government agencies involved in issuing import and export licenses, permits, and clearances are currently connected to the…
  • November 30, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Waive bank secrecy in exchange for exemption from BIR clearance, Lina proposes to brokers

If Philippine customs brokers waive their right to bank secrecy, they may no longer be required to secure the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR)…
  • November 30, 2015
  • 1 minute read

E-processing of transshipments for REZA zones starts in 2016

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Regional Economic Zone Authority (REZA) have signed a joint memorandum for the mandatory electronic processing of transshipments of…
  • November 13, 2015
  • 3 minute read

BOC enlists public help to nab erring officials, smugglers

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is asking the public to become directly involved as the agency intensifies its campaign to cleanse its ranks of…
  • October 26, 2015
  • 2 minute read

PH Customs chief eyes weighing of import cargo inside ports, truck registration with BOC

Customs commissioner Alberto Lina said he will soon issue a memo that requires terminal operators to weigh import containers within the port before their…
  • October 20, 2015
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MMC mulls opening Roxas Boulevard to truckers again

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) is studying the possibility of allowing trucks to ply Roxas Boulevard, according to the head of the Philippine National…
  • October 19, 2015
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BOC eyes another revamp involving underperformers, including district collectors

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is planning another wave of reshuffle that will focus on underperforming staff, including district collectors who have failed to…
  • October 5, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC, sugar industry join hands in war vs smugglers

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has deputized representatives from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and Sugar Anti-Smuggling Office of the Sugar Alliance of the…
  • October 4, 2015
  • 3 minute read

BOC’s Jan-Aug collection up 1%

The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) revenue collection for the first eight months of 2015 increased 1.1% but was 13.7% behind target for the period,…
  • September 22, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Preventive suspension of BOC chief sought over cancelled P650M IT project

Mobile solutions provider Omniprime Marketing, Inc. has filed before the Office of the Ombudsman a motion for preventive suspension against Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina…
  • September 15, 2015
  • 3 minute read