Faeldon appointment defended anew

The Office of the President has again defended the appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator to the Office of Civil…

Lapeña officially designated customs commissioner

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…

Faeldon: Lacson’s son into smuggling

Outgoing Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon is urging Senator Richard Gordon to investigate the son of Senator Panfilo Lacson, whom he alleged was involved in…

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…

BOC-hired athletes double as communicators, intel officers

Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon defended the hiring of athletes as technical assistants at the Bureau of Customs (BOC), saying the sportsmen have been…

Duterte keeps Faeldon

President Rodrigo Duterte “expressed full confidence” in Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, amid the Bureau of Customs (BOC) being questioned by Congress over the P6.4-billion…

BOC’s tight balancing act: Trade facilitation and revenue generation

Much has transpired a year since Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon assumed the leadership of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in July 2016. He…

BOC chief bares list of importers “under investigation”

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released an initial list of 71 importers and their customs brokers under investigation due to seized shipments.…

PH Customs releases names of delisted importers, brokers

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released an initial list of 184 importers–some listed companies–and their customs brokers under investigation for possible violation…

No truth to reports Faeldon will be booted out of BOC

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) said there is no truth to rumors that Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon will be replaced as head of…

BOC names key officials, including deputies

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed five new senior officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In separate letters signed on October 17 by…

BOC Sept collection seen exceeding P34B

The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) September collection of P33.951 billion is almost a billion peso more than the P33.002 billion collection in August,…

BOC centralizes operations via new command center

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a center that will centralize and coordinate operations, especially in the areas of trade facilitation and…

Power to alert PH shipments now exclusive right of Office of the BOC Commissioner

The power to issue alert orders in the Philippines now rests solely with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Office of the Commissioner (OCOM), based…

PPA temporarily relieves staff accused of corruption

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has temporarily relieved, pending an investigation, an employee allegedly caught by a Bureau of Customs (BOC) CCTV camera taking…

BOC accuses wrong staff of taking bribe

The Asian Terminals Inc (ATI) clerk supposedly caught by a Bureau of Customs (BOC) CCTV camera taking a bribe, as claimed by Customs commissioner…

BOC exec accused of receiving up to P200M in monthly bribes brought to court

Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has filed a case against a Bureau of Customs (BOC) official who has allegedly been receiving millions of pesos…

BOC commissioner’s office takes over tax credit, refund applications

All tax credit or tax refund applications with the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will now be coursed through the Office of the Commissioner…