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'Expect a fight from us': Customs brokers hit Duterte order

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 09:36 AM

MANILA - Customs brokers on Tuesday spoke out against President Rodrigo Duterte's order to remove brokers from the Customs bureau, saying the order demonizes their profession. Read more »

P53 milyong halaga ng 'smuggled' na gulay mula China nasabat sa Maynila

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 04:34 PM

Nasabat ng Bureau of Customs sa Port of Manila ang tinatayang P53 milyong halaga ng mga smuggled na gulay na galing umanong China. Read more »

Pekeng Customs collector timbog sa pangingikil

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 06:54 PM

Timbog nitong Miyerkoles ang isang nagpanggap na collector ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) matapos niyang mangikil sa isang broker ng mga kargamento. Read more »

Faeldon's stay in government taints Duterte's war vs drugs, corruption: Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:11 PM

MANILA - Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon's continued service in government mars the seriousness of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, a senator said Saturday after documents showed the agency chief had freed several drug lords. Read more »

Lacson raises alarm over billions in tax revenues lost from imports

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 07:24 PM

MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday raised alarm on the billions of pesos the Philippines could be losing annually to tax leakages from imports. Read more »

Smuggled rifle parts from China seized at NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 01:47 PM

Under the Customs regulation, all firearms and parts thereof must obtain an FEO-issued import permit. Read more »

Man held for 82 days for bringing honey into US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 02:55 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—A Jamaican national was detained for nearly 3 months in the United States after bringing in bottles of honey from the Caribbean island that customs agents mistakenly believed to be liquid methamphetamine. Read more »

P15-M halaga ng smartphones mula Korea nakumpiska sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 06:01 PM

Pinuri naman ng Samsung Philippines ang ginawa ng NAIA-Customs dahil napoprotektahan umano ang mga lehitimong importers at manufacturers laban sa pamamayagpag ng black market.   Read more »

Ex-Customs official, others found guilty of administrative raps

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 10:23 PM

Former Bureau of Customs deputy collector for operations Ramon Hernandez was found guilty of gross neglect of duty and grave misconduct by the Ombudsman for the unauthorized transfer of 539 cargo containers from the Manila International Container Port to the Port of Batangas in 2011. Read more »

Thousands of travelers delayed at US airports by computer outage

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON - Thousands of travelers at US airports faced delays on Friday because of an nationwide outage of US Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) processing systems that lasted several hours. Read more »

BOC destroys P2.3-M smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City

Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 07:04 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Bureau of Customs (BoC) destroyed on Wednesday some P2.3-million worth of smuggled cigarettes confiscated at the local port.   Read more »

BOC launches '8484' hotline for corruption complaints

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 06:28 PM

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) launched Tuesday hotline number "8484" to allow the public to report any BOC official or employee who may be involved in corruption activities. Read more »

ICE deported him to a country he’d never seen. He died 2 months later.

Alissa J. Rubin and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 09 10:03 AM

Jimmy Aldaoud died in a Baghdad apartment on Tuesday after vomiting blood and begging to return to the United States. He had lived in the Detroit area from infancy until he was deported in June. Read more »

Tindahan ng hinihinalang smuggled gadgets sa Binondo nilusob

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 11:11 PM

Bukod naman sa mga smuggled na produkto, nadiskubre rin ng mga awtoridad na mayroong 15 undocumented na Chinese national na nagtatrabaho sa tindahan.  Read more »

Customs chief faces usurpation raps for alleged illegal designation of officials

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 01:26 PM

MANILA - Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero and several other officials of the agency are facing usurpation and graft complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman for the alleged "illegal designation" of employees.   Read more »

Parcel declared containing cellphone yields around $12,000 cash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 02:43 AM

The cash was wrapped with an aluminum foil in an effort to escape detection. Read more »

DOJ orders probe of alleged Customs corruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 27 03:37 PM

Justice Sec Menardo Guevarra on Friday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a thorough investigation on corruption at the Bureau of Customs.  Read more »

P5.5 million worth of drugs seized in Metro Manila post offices

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 02:00 PM

MANILA - Authorities seized P5.5 million worth of illegal drugs in two post offices in Metro Manila earlier this month. Read more »

Duterte vows to sack more than 60 Customs officials, employees next week

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 02:34 AM

ILOCOS SUR—President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday more than 60 employees and officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be dismissed next week over alleged corruption. Read more »

Alleged corrupt customs officials may face suspension: Ombudsman

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 07:34 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Thursday said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials undergoing investigation for alleged corruption may face preventive suspension. Read more »