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Kulang-kulang na laman ng balikbayan box, inireklamo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 01:49 PM

MAYNILA - Dismayado ang isang 78-anyos na babae sa pagkawala ng ilang gamit mula sa dumating na balikbayan box mula sa Texas, USA.   Read more »

OPINION: Dear OFWs, your balikbayan boxes are now at risk of being delayed, torn open, 'thrown into the sea'

Raissa Robles
Posted at Nov 12 12:18 PM

According to former Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon, an entire shipload of containers was issued an “alert order” just before Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña was removed. Congressman Biazon estimated that this would number around 492 containers that would now have to be opened one by one. Read more »

BOC eases ID rules for balikbayan boxes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 12:23 AM

Overseas workers welcome the easing of rules on duty-free balikbayan boxes but question delays in delivery of packages. Read more »

'Pagpapadala ng balikbayan boxes pinasimple pero delay di maiiwasan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 03:02 AM

Ayon sa BOC, kahit mabilis ang transaksiyon sa kanilang mga opisina ay hindi ito garantiya na hindi na makararanas ng pagkaantala sa pagdating ng mga pinadala.  Read more »

P1.5 milyong halaga ng 'ukay-ukay' sinira ng Customs

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 02:52 AM

Sinira ang P1.5 milyong halaga ng mga ukay-ukay, gamit na gulong at mga inabandonang laman ng balikbayan box sa isang warehouse sa Guiguinto, Bulacan nitong Huwebes ng hapon. Read more »

Di nakarating na balikbayan boxes, idinulog sa Lingkod Kapamilya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 05:16 PM

Dumulog sa Lingkod Kapamilya ang isang balikbayan mula America para humingi ng tulong hinggil sa nawawalang balikbayan boxes na kanilang ipinadala.    Read more »

Delay sa padala, tinatayang aabot ng 2 linggo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 03:53 AM

Asahan na po ang delay sa pagproseso ng mga padala mula sa PhilPost. Read more »

'Mga padala, posibleng matengga ng 2 linggo sa post office'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 09:08 PM

Ayon kay Postmaster General Rufino Robles, tumataas ng 30-40 porsiyento ang volume ng mga padala tuwing sasapit ang Nobyembre at Disyembre kaya't asahan na ang pagkakaantala.  Read more »

Customs suspends guidelines on duty and tax-free balikbayan boxes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 07:47 AM

The Bureau of Customs said Thursday it has temporarily suspended guidelines for the duty and tax-free privilege of consolidated balikbayan boxes amid an outcry from overseas Filipinos that the requirements are too tedious. Read more »

Tax-free balikbayan box policy starts August

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 08:12 PM

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Tuesday said the tax-free balikbayan box policy will be implemented starting August 1.   Read more »

Padalang balikbayan box, hindi na bubuwisan, pero...

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 07:43 PM

Simula Agosto, hindi na bubuwisan ang pagpapadala ng balikbayan box sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Paano matitiyak na makararating ang ‘balikbayan box’?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 12:39 AM

Nagpaalala ang Department of Trade and Industry sa mga OFW kung paano matitiyak na lehitimo at accredited ang papadalhan ng balikbayan box para hindi mapurnada ang padala. Read more »

You know it's Christmas when...

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Dec 27 05:50 PM

The longest Christmas celebration in the world has its upside as businesses in the Philippines experience an exponential growth in their numbers come December. Read more »

Pinoys urged not to abuse tax-free Balikbayan boxes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 11:21 PM

Starting December 25, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will not impose duties and taxes on some balikbayan boxes sent by overseas Filipinos to their relatives back home. Read more »

'Tis the season: 400 undelivered balikbayan boxes to be released before Xmas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 03:34 PM

MANILA – A total of 400 balikbayan boxes from the United States sitting undelivered at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) since March, will now be released following an agreement between the Bureau of Customs and a winning bidder during a public auction on Tuesday. Read more »

Mga naipit na balikbayan box, pinababayarang muli

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 11:11 AM

Pinagbabayad ulit ang mga nagpadala o pinadalhan ng balikbayan box sa pamamagitan ng RDR Cargo sa para makuha ang padala. Read more »

Ka-partner ng door-to-door delivery service sa Japan, inireklamo ng customer

TV Patrol
Posted at Nov 19 09:42 PM

Bayad na, pagbabayarin nyo pa kami!? 'Yan ang reklamo ng isa nating kababayan na pinadalhan ng balikbayan box mula Japan. Read more »

Higit 100 Pinoy na nagpadala ng mga balikbayan box, nabiktima ng cargo company

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 10:05 AM

Sangkaterbang balikbayan boxes ang hindi nakarating mula sa Amerika dahil sa pekeng courier service. Read more »

Halaga ng mga tax-free na padala, maaaring itaas hanggang P150,000

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 08:10 AM

Posibleng bago mag-Disyembre ay tataas na sa P150,000 ang halaga ng balikbayan box na hindi bubuwisan. Read more »

Mga padalang P10K pababa mula abroad, tax-free na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 10:54 PM

Wala nang buwis ang mga parcel o padalang pasalubong mula abroad na nagkakahalaga ng P10,000 pababa. Read more »