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PDEA, BOC STRENGTHEN AIRPORT INTERDICTION OPERATIONS

Sunday 11th of November 2012
QUEZON CITY, Nov 11 (PIA) - - A strengthened, more organized, and systematic airport interdiction operations was mutually agreed on by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The agreement was made by heads of the agencies when PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. called on BOC Commissioner Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon on November 8. In PDEA’s press statement, Cacdac said, “The successful arrests of drug couriers who attempted to transport illegal drugs into the Philippines through the country’s premier airport speak volumes about the robust climate of cooperation already exi...
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Binay recommends BoC seized items for relief operations
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) -- Vice President Jejomar Binay recommended the use of seized items of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) for the government’s relief operations. A statement from the Office of the Vice President said that, Binay in a letter to Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, recommended to the finance department the use of confiscated goods at the BoC to cater to the needs of those affected by heavy rains that pounded Luzon this week. “In view of the devastation caused by torrential ...
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SBMA, Customs vow close cooperation vs rice smuggling
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Aug. 2 (PIA) — Dispelling rumors of a “turf war” in connection with the seizure of some P420-million worth of imported rice, officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday vowed to work close together to curb attempts to smuggle rice through this freeport. In a joint press conference at the SBMA office here, SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia and Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon said the two agencies see eye-to-eye as f...
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  • 28
    Apr
    2012

    Bureau of Customs gears for automation

    DAVAO CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Customs is gearing towards an automated environment. This was announced by Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon during a press conference at the Marco Polo Davao held yesterday (April 27). According to Biazon, the computerized systems provide lesser decision-making for its personnel. Human intervention in customs processes has been the root of corruption in the agency to which Biazon said the long-lasting solution is increasing automation. Among the a...
  • 24
    Apr
    2012

    Subic collects P1.79-B taxes

    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, April 24 (PIA) -- Tax collections by revenue and customs offices in Subic Freeport for first quarter of the year again has surpassed previous records, leading to combined remittances of P1.79 billion. The total collection remitted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) represented an increase rate of 10.83 percent, or P174.8 million, over the P1.61-billion aggregate collection for the same period last year, records from the Subic Bay Metropo...
  • 04
    Apr
    2012

    Customs bureau acts to curb mail fraud

    MANILA, April 4 -- Alarmed over reports that the agency is being used for fraud, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has warned the public about a scam using the bureau’s name and asking people to pay a certain amount. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon cautioned the public not to entertain any notice, either through the mail or the Internet, supposedly from the BOC, about a package and a certain amount to be paid for the parcel to be delivered to the addressee, but to report them instead to the BOC f...
  • 25
    Mar
    2012

    New list of prohibited, regulated products for export released

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Mar. 25 (PIA) -- The updated list of prohibited and regulated export products has been released as guide to exporters and the supply chain. The Bureau of Customs (BoC) identified other products prohibited and regulated for exports covering items which are banned for exports; and those covering exports for logs, copper and coffee. The list also includes those with import quotas in other countries such as garments and sugar. In Customs Memorandum Circular...
  • 13
    Feb
    2012

    Electronic-to-mobile system for exports eyed for adoption

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 13 -- Exporters could benefit from reduced cost and time of doing business as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) targets to implement the automated export declaration system (AEDS) in all customs territories starting next month. The AEDS, a component of the Bureau's electronic-to-mobile (E2M) system, eliminates the need for signatures in the processing and approval of export declaration (ED). The approval is in the form of a barcode printed in the approved ED as the autho...
  • 04
    Feb
    2012

    Customs seizes misdeclared onions in Davao Port

    DAVAO CITY Feb. 4 (PIA)-- The Bureau of Customs yesterday (February 3) presented to the media  about P18.4 million worth of agricultural products which were seized at the Sasa wharf last January 27 for misdeclaration.   The shipment contained in 23 container vans consisting of onions and potatoes originated from China Hongkong destined to several consignees. The products were declared as margarine, lanolin, savory products, shortening and yeast.   "We are sending a s...
  • 20
    Dec
    2011

    Customs seizes illegally imported firecrackers

    MANILA, Dec. 20 (PIA)-- The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) seized P10.6 million worth of illegally imported firecrackers and fireworks misdeclared as school supplies.   The two 40-footer container vans of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices came from China and were consigned to FEC Trading owned by a certain Francisco Edward Lopez Claudio of Makati City.   Upon review of the FEC Trading’s entry for firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, it was discovered that it was not only...
  • 26
    Aug
    2011

    NBI-10 nabs high profile smuggling suspect for illegal possession of firearms

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 26 (PIA) – Smuggling suspect Lynard Allan Bigcas has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), here, and has been turned-over to the proper authorities. He was arrested, exactly a week after a Warrant of Arrest (WOA) for Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunitions was issued by Judge Jose U. Yamut, Sr. of the Regional Trial Court, 10th Judicial Region, Branch 11, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, last Aug. 18. Bigcas was so...
  • 26
    Jun
    2011

    DTI, partners to host “One Country, One Voice trade policy consultation in Cebu

    CEBU, June 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of Customs (BOC), Tariff Commission (TC) and other private sector partners will hold the ““ONE COUNTRY, ONE VOICE (OCOV) Trade Policy Consultation Program” and “Doing Business in Free Trade Areas (DBFTA) Part II – A Sectoral Approach” on June 29 at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel. The “One Country, One Voice (OCOV) – Enhancing Trade Policy Consultation Towards G...
  • 29
    May
    2011

    Coral reefs destruction in the PHL alarming

    CEBU, May 29 (PIA) - Environmentalist in Central Visayas are alarmed over the continuous destruction of the country’s coral reefs. According to reports marine life area damages measured about twice the size of Manila and poachers harvested more than 21,000 pieces of black coral, killed hundreds of marine species including 161 endangered turtles with market value of about P35M. Just last week, the Bureau of Customs in Cebu seized about P15M worth of black corals that prompted Malacanang t...
  • 23
    Feb
    2011

    PhilExport to hold CPRS for the e2m for exports confab

    CAGAYAN DE ORO CTY, Misamis Oriental, Feb. 23 – The PhilExport is slated to conduct a free orientation on Registration Procedures to the electronic to mobile (e2m) for Exports of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). This is in response to the BOC’s Memorandum dated January 19, 2011 detailing the new and complete schedules of the e2m Phase 4 Customs rollout, exporters are required to be accredited with the Client Profile Registration System (CPRS). With the memorandum, exporters who are not...
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