Senators back Lapeña’s appointment as BOC head

Inquirer.net 08/22/2017

Some senators think President Rodrigo Duterte chose the right person to replace Nicanor Faeldon, a former Marine captain, at the helm of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Duterte announced on Monday night that he had finally accepted…

Paolo Duterte’s name crops up at House BOC inquiry

Inquirer.net 08/08/2017

  The name of the President’s son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, was brought up in the House of Representatives’ inquiry into the P6.4 billion shabu smuggled through the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Customs broker Mark…

Faeldon defends BOC hiring of athletes

Inquirer.net 08/04/2017

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon defended on Friday the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) decision to hire athletes to work as “technical assistants” as they help promote to the people the good image of the agency. “The first thing…

Cebuano friends back Mandy in social media

Ador Vincent Mayol 07/30/2017

MORE Cebu-based friends of Customs official Mandy Therese Anderson came out to speak in her defense, describing her as a “woman of integrity and one who speaks her heart out.” Laura Diaz Chiong, a childhood friend of…

Influence peddling

07/28/2017

What does a Facebook post by Cebuana bar topnotcher and Customs advisor Mandy Anderson on House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez have to do with President Rodrigo Duterte’s pledge to “rightsize” government bureaucracy? Plenty, when one thinks about it.…

Customs denies smuggling, claims Cebu is ‘rice smuggling free’

Calvin D. Cordova 06/07/2017

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) Cebu office clarified yesterday that there was no shipment of smuggled rice at the Cebu port even as it reiterated that Cebu is “rice smuggling” free. BoC District Collector Elvira Cruz said…

Container vans seized in Cebu, Tacloban

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Joey Gabieta, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/07/2017

Cartons filled with the local cigarette brand Mighty Cigarettes that bore fake tax stamps have reached the port of Cebu and Tacloban cities. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized 400 cartons of Mighty Cigarettes with alleged fake…

Customs seize cigarettes with fake tax stamps

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/07/2017

CEBU CITY—The Bureau of Customs seized two 40-footer container vans which contained Mighty cigarettes that were believed to have fake tax stamps, at the Pier 4 here on Tuesday noon. The vans were unloaded from MV Don Alberto…

‘Nalutsan ta sa shabu sa basura’

Lloyd Suarez 02/19/2017

Bisan ako nagduda gyud nga plantalya lang kadtong mga basura nga gipalusot dinhi sa Sugbo ug gitapok diha sa Tingub, Mandaue gikan sa South Korea. Nagtuo gyud ko nga mga shabu ang gihatod dinhi sa Sugbo unya…

Hauling of Korean wastes in Tingub to Cebu port starts

Dominic D. Yasay, Norman V. Mendoza 02/18/2017

As the Mandaue City government and other concerned government agencies prepare to file charges against those responsible for bringing the shredded plastic wastes from South Korea into a Barangay Tingub lot, trucks started hauling the estimated 5,000…

Wood chips from Korea to be auctioned off

Dominic Yasay 02/17/2017

The 2,500 metric tons of wood chips, which came in with the shredded plastic wastes from South Korea, will be auctioned off by the Bureau of Customs. BOC-Cebu together with the Mandaue City government and the shipper…

BOC warns sending waste materials back to S. Korea

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/09/2017

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be sending back the tons of shredded plastics that were found dumped in a private lot in Barangay Tingub, Mandaue City, once a warrant of seizure is issued against the vessel…

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