The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs (BOC) Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) has programmed short- and medium-term automation projects to modernize the agency’s…
BOC alerts misdeclared magnetic lifter in Manila port
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña inspected on Aug 15 five alerted containers that arrived at the Port of Manila (POM) for possible misdeclaration. The shipment from China…
BOC intensifies war on drugs, seizes P37.3-M illegal drugs in NAIA
The Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport turned over some P37.3 million worth of illegal drugs to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on August 15.…
Customs seizes P15-M worth smuggled sugar, exposes new modus
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized P15 million worth of smuggled sugar, following inspection of 28 alerted shipments at the Manila International Container Port (MICP)…
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Jeffrey Ian Dy as the new deputy commissioner for the Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) of the…
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña still has President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust even after a shipment of illegal drugs potentially worth P6.8 billion worth may have…
PH Customs’ GPS system for containers in-transit now on its dry run
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is pilot-testing a GPS-based container tracking system to make sure containers in transit are transferred only to the…
BOC orders opening of abandoned containers following shabu shipment slip
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the opening of all abandoned containers at Manila ports after P6.8 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) shipments apparently slipped…
Cebu, Davao business leaders highlight trade facilitation gaps in the regions
Enhanced ease of doing business and lower regulatory costs are the top recommendations of Cebu and Davao traders to improve trade facilitation and boost…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a task force to oversee preparations for the implementation of its fuel marking program. Created under Customs…
Firms implicated in P20M worth of ukay-ukay, cigarette, agri imports face smuggling raps
The Bureau of Customs, through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), has filed five smuggling cases against the importers and customs brokers of…
Two used Porsche cars seized in Port of NAIA in violation of DTI regulations
Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport recently seized two units of used Porsche cars, Porsche Boxster S and Panamera 4S with a total street…
Fake cigarette tax stamps, other goods seized in QC
Thousands of fake cigarette tax stamps, ukay-ukay, cigarettes, rice and other fake goods were recently found by the Bureau of Customs–Enforcement and Security Service…
TIEZA partners with INS to automate import permit processing
The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has tapped electronic commerce solutions and networking service provider InterCommerce Network Services, Inc. (INS) to automate…
PCC asked to probe international shipping lines’ alleged overcharging
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is requesting the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to look into alleged excessive and unreasonable charges imposed by…
