The Office of the President has again defended the appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator to the Office of Civil…
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…
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…
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…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed five new senior officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In separate letters signed on October 17 by…
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,…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a center that will centralize and coordinate operations, especially in the areas of trade facilitation and…
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 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…
Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has appointed officers-in-charge (OICs) to several senior positions at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) that had been vacant since…