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This, after Customs broker Lucia Caburnay told the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) the other day that her name was used without her authority in the documents filed with the Customs for the shipment of the vans from Singapore, further claiming that her signature was forged.


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Customs freeing contraband despite obvious smuggling

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | March 26, 2014 - 12:00am

The Tariffs Code states: confiscate and auction off goods if there is at least 30% discrepancy between the importer’s declared and the Customs’ assessed values.

Opinion

5 traders kinasuhan ng smuggling sa DoJ

By Doris Franche-Borja | October 6, 2013 - 12:00am

Tiniyak ng Bureau of Customs na tuluy-tuloy ang kanilang kampanya laban sa mga smugglers kasabay ng pagsasampa ng  kasong smuggling sa limang rice traders sa Department of Justice (DoJ).

PSN Metro

Is P-Noy also to blame for Customs?

By Boo Chanco | July 31, 2013 - 12:00am

It is more than command responsibility. When P-Noy blasted Customs officials during his SONA for failure to reform, he couldn’t go all the way. He had to reject the resignation offer of his Customs Commissioner...

Business

Just go

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | April 20, 2013 - 12:00am

If Comelec chairman Sixto Brilliantes feels that he and the job he holds have become discordant, then he should just go.

Opinion

Government must work double-time - CPBRD

By Iris Gonzales | April 9, 2012 - 12:00am

The Aquino administration needs a lot of catching up to do to achieve its plan of inclusive growth or a seven percent economic growth yearly until 2016, the think-tank of the House of Representatives said in a ...

Business

BOC urged to buy undervalued imports and sell them to public

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | November 21, 2010 - 12:00am

The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) has urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to purchase all grossly undervalued imported products and then sell them to consumers to increase go-vernment revenues.

Business

PASG belittles strike threat

July 27, 2009 - 12:00am

Presidential Anti Smuggling Group (PASG) chief Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr. dismissed yesterday a threat by some Customs brokers and other port users to stage a nationwide strike to press for the abolition of...

Metro

Flight stewardess gets up to 12 years in prison for smuggling

May 10, 2006 - 12:00am

A flight stewardess will be imprisoned from 8 to 12 years after the Supreme Court (SC) affirmed a lower court decision convicting her of smuggling nine years ago. The high court rejected the appeal of Maribel Jardeleza...

Headlines

NBI to get shipment papers in Singapore

September 27, 2003 - 12:00am

CEBU CITY — The probe on the disappearance of two container vans, out of the 10 seized by the Bureau of Customs, at the Cebu International Port last Sept. 7, may extend to Singapore. This, after Customs broker...

Nation

Auction of imported used vehicles illegal, says Roxas

By Marianne V. Go | March 4, 2002 - 12:00am

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said over the weekend that the auction of imported second-hand vehicles is indeed "illegal." However, Roxas said he is not yet ready to take action and stop...

Business