BOC inks pact with Russia, Netherlands
By Jerry E. Esplanada
The Russian Federation and the Netherlands have joined the growing list of countries that have forged customs cooperation agreements with the Philippines.
The Russian Federation and the Netherlands have joined the growing list of countries that have forged customs cooperation agreements with the Philippines.
Amid calls for his head for allegedly failing to stop smuggling, Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon on Friday disclosed that the Bureau of Customs had foiled an attempt to smuggle into the country rice worth P1.2 billion through the Port of Cebu.
Sen. Serge Osmeña said on Thursday the Philippines should seek regional cooperation to stop the entry of smuggled petroleum products into the country, reportedly mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has asked the embassy of Laos to justify its duty-free importation of three high-end sports cars—a Ferrari Spider and two Lamborghini Aventadors.
Customs authorities, led by Deputy Commissioner Danilo Lim, on Monday seized 5,000 bags of rice worth P9 million at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, that Lim said were smuggled in from Vietnam.
The Bureau of Customs is looking into the alleged shipment in May 2012 of 14 containers of toxic waste from the Manila International Container Port (MICP) to Pusan, South Korea, via the southern Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has yet to disclose its total revenue collection for 2012 because “the figures are still being finalized,” Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said Tuesday.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday announced that it had secured its first conviction in the Court of Tax Appeals—that of a trader who had tried to defraud the government of taxes and duties totaling P1.7 million by misdeclaring a vehicle shipment from South Korea four years ago.
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday filed criminal complaints before the Department of Justice against five foreign nationals caught at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on October carrying 17.649 kilos of dangerous drugs worth P88.2 million.
Despite a P435-million grant from the European Union (EU) in 2008 and $10 million in aid from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) in 2009 to put up an information technology (IT) system, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) continues to be plagued by the “recurring problems of computer network slowdown and downtime,” adversely affecting agency operations.
Bureau of Customs agents arrested on Wednesday a Filipino-American gun enthusiast for allegedly trying to smuggle in firearms parts at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
More than P462.7-million worth of illegal drugs was seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the country’s major airports this year, compared to P42.4 million in 2012, according to Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon.
