BOC seeks private sector partners for fuel marking project
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is asking providers of fuel marking products and services to help the agency implement its fuel marking program.…
BOC order applies conditional tax, duty exemption on returning OFWs’ imports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released the guidelines implementing conditional tax and duty exemption on the importations of returning Philippine residents and returning…
BOC begins penalizing late electronic air freight manifests
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finally begun enforcing penalties for the late submission of electronic air freight manifests, three months after hitting…
Rigodon at the BOC; MICP, POM collectors transferred
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the reshuffle and re-assignment of several district collectors of big Bureau of Customs (BOC) ports. In Customs…
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has temporarily suspended the green lane while the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) selectivity system is undergoing review. All shipments…
BOC chief eyes incentives to meet target, beat corruption
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is looking at giving incentives to hit the P468-billion revenue collection target of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for…
DOF to install cybersecurity shield in all attached agencies
The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) is now putting in place a comprehensive cybersecurity defense structure that will span all its units and attached…
New customs chief dismantles central command center
In his first directive as new Philippine Customs commissioner, Isidro Lapeña has abolished the Command Center (ComCen), a special unit created by former customs…
PH lawmaker bats for pre-shipment checks on container cargo
Expanding the pre-shipment inspection (PSI) to containerized cargoes will not only save the government billions of pesos in personnel recruitment costs but also solve…
Addressing corruption among key priorities of new customs chief
Stopping corruption and raising revenue collection will be the top priorities of new Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña. “My top priority, and it should be…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued the rules and regulations for the establishment of an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program in the Philippines.…
Isidro Lapeña formally took his oath of office on August 29 as commissioner of the controversy-plagued Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC). Lapeña’s appointment paper…
Outgoing Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon is urging Senator Richard Gordon to investigate the son of Senator Panfilo Lacson, whom he alleged was involved in…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has exceeded its collection target for the first semester by 11.3%, posting more than P212.16 billion in duties…
Duterte seeks P4.2B extra budget to hire over 3,000 customs employees
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is asking Congress to appropriate P4.2 billion so the Bureau of Customs (BOC) can hire more than 3,000 personnel—or double…
Duterte stands by Faeldon amid illegal drugs probe
Philippine Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon still enjoys the support of President Rodrigo Duterte in spite calls by some legislators for Faeldon to step down…
Second BOC official quits amid P6.4B shabu smuggling probe
Neil Anthony Estrella has tendered his resignation as director of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) following the resignation…
