No takers for P25M shipment
By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | March 7, 2014 - 12:00am
A failure of bidding was declared yesterday by the Bureau of Customs on the P25-million worth of abandoned rice shipment at the port of Cebu.
Cebu News
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18 BOC men face probe over rice

18 BOC men face probe over rice

By Evelyn Macairan | February 19, 2014 - 1:00am
Eighteen assessors and examiners of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) are being investigated for their alleged involvement in the...
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Navy intercepts 3,000 sacks of smuggled rice
By Roel Pareño | February 18, 2014 - 4:03pm
The Philippine Navy has intercepted another shipment of smuggled rice in the vicinity of an island near this port city, an official said Tuesday.
Nation
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BOC not releasing rice yet

BOC not releasing rice yet

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | December 3, 2013 - 12:00am
More than a week since the 16,000 bags of rice intended for residents of Isabel, Leyte were put on hold by the Bureau of Customs...
Cebu News
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Leyte officials to Customs: Release rice cargo
By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | December 1, 2013 - 12:00am
“Dili intawon na sa smuggled ang bugas.  Para intawon na sa among katawhan sa (That rice is not smuggled rice. That is for our people in) Isabel, Leyte.”
Cebu News
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Cebuanas cry foul over smuggler tag
By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | October 9, 2013 - 12:00am
Two Cebuanas, an importer and a broker, vehemently denied involvement in any illegal activity after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reportedly charged them before the Department of Justice as smugglers.
Cebu News
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DA issues new rules on diplomats’ imports
August 4, 2013 - 12:00am
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued new guidelines on the importation of agricultural and fisheries products by diplomatic missions based in the Philippines.
Business
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P1.2 billion Viet rice in 1,179 vans: “Mother of all smuggled rice”
By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | April 26, 2013 - 12:00am
In what is considered as “the mother of all smuggled rice,” an illegal shipment of at least P1.2 billion worth of rice from Vietnam was opened by the Bureau of Customs yesterday.
Cebu News
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BOC on alert over P1.2-B smuggled rice
By Evelyn Macairan | April 14, 2013 - 12:00am
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) were placed on alert Friday over the P1.2 billion worth of rice believed smuggled from Vietnam that arrived at the Port of Cebu.
Nation
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Guns, rice, sugar, big bike, bags: BOC seizes P116M “smuggled” goods
By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | March 7, 2013 - 12:00am
Bureau of Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon led the confiscation of P116 million worth of suspected smuggled goods yesterday.
Cebu News
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