DOF extends accreditation deadline for brokers
By
Zinnia B. Dela Peña
| June 28, 2014 - 12:00am
The Department of Finance (DOF) has extended by one month the deadline for customs brokers and importers to comply with accreditation requirements.
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Brokers to stage indefinite holiday
June 26, 2014 - 12:00am
Congestion in the two primary ports in Metro Manila is expected to worsen as more than 10,000 Customs brokers go on indefinite...
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Customs suspends 115 importers, brokers
March 7, 2014 - 4:26pm
The Bureau of Customs suspended the accreditation 115 of importers and customs brokers who have repeatedly violated Customs policies and procedures in filing import documents as part of continuing efforts to reform...
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Suspended importers need clearance from BIR
By
Zinnia B. Dela Peña
| February 17, 2014 - 12:00am
Importers with suspended accreditation need to apply for an importer’s clearance certificate from the Bureau of Internal Revenue before they can transact again with the Bureau of Customs, the Department of...
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SPECIAL REPORT: Agri smugglers take advantage of old laws, loopholes (Second of 3 parts)
By
Rudy Fernandez
| February 17, 2014 - 12:00am
Smuggling of agricultural commodities has become widespread in recent decades because some policies and procedures in the...
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Importers face strict accreditation process
By
Zinnia B. Dela Peña
| February 10, 2014 - 12:00am
The Aquino administration has formally transferred the Bureau of Customs’ function of accrediting importers to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at rooting out corruption...
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The year that was in business…
By
Rey Gamboa
| January 11, 2014 - 12:00am
I musty apologize to our dear readers for rudely interrupting this short series on our Business Yearender which I started on the first week of January.
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Brokers to undergo reaccreditation – Henares
By
Zinnia B. Dela Peña
| August 7, 2013 - 12:00am
All importers and brokers will undergo a reaccreditation process as part of the government’s campaign to weed out fly-by-night companies that are being merely used as fronts by smugglers.
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DOF may shut down some ports to curb smuggling
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Zinnia B. Dela Peña
| June 20, 2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Finance (DOF) is considering shutting down some ports in the country, particularly those that are unmanned and have no transshipment activity as part of efforts to stamp out smuggling of sensitive...
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Interests in conflict
By
Rey Gamboa
| June 8, 2013 - 12:00am
As this goes off to press, the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Administrative Order No. 9, Series of 2013 (AO9), seems all set for execution, the final draft merely awaiting the signature of DA Secretary Proceso...
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