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P12-M fake cigarettes seized in Davao

By Evelyn Macairan | December 21, 2015 - 9:00am

At least P12.7 million worth of fake cigarettes have been seized in a warehouse in Davao City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said yesterday.

Nation

5 BOC employees, 2 trading firm execs charged with technical smuggling

By Evelyn Macairan | October 9, 2015 - 10:00am

Five employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and two officials of a trading firm and a customs broker were charged with technical smuggling before the justice department for allegedly allowing 14 luxury vehicles...

Headlines

DOF to decide on fate of generals serving as port collectors

By Evelyn Macairan | October 3, 2015 - 10:00am

The fate of the retired generals occupying posts as port collector would be decided by the Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau...

Headlines

Group joins BOC fight vs sugar smuggling

By Evelyn Macairan | October 2, 2015 - 10:00am

A month after calling for the ouster of Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina, the Sugar Alliance of the Philippines (SAP) is singing a different tune and will be working with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to combat sugar...

Headlines

BOC seizes P34-M ‘hot’ sugar

By Evelyn Macairan | July 24, 2015 - 10:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yesterday seized P34-million worth of Thai sugar from China and Singapore that were allegedly smuggled into the Manila International Container Port (MICP).

Metro

Bureau of Customs confiscates used clothing from South Korea

February 27, 2015 - 10:00pm

The Philippine government has seized illegal imported used clothes worth P21 million ($476,190), the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Friday.

Headlines

BOC confiscates P8M worth of assorted goods

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 31, 2014 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs confiscated P8 million worth of brand-new Yamaha 1500cc motorcycles, chemicals and plumbing supplies that illegally entered the country.

Business

BOC confiscates 2 shipments of counterfeit bags, clothes

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | July 4, 2014 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs  seized yesterday two shipments of counterfeit  bags and clothes with an estimated value of over P556 million.

Business

BOC to conduct own probe on arms smuggling

By Evelyn Macairan | April 1, 2014 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yesterday disclosed that the agency is conducting an investigation on the alleged involvement...

Headlines

Gov’t to send back P10.8-M plastic scraps

By Evelyn Macairan | February 11, 2014 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is bent on sending back to Canada 50 40-footer shipping containers of scraps of used plastic, which arrived in the country in the middle of last year, an official said yesterday.

Metro