Cebu Customs shores up image with P1B surplus collection

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/04/2017

A customs official in Cebu hoped that the surplus in import taxes and duties collected in 2016 would help change the public’s perception on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and its workers. Cebu district collector Rico Rey…

Bank of China to host cross-border trade and investments conference next year

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/23/2016

Small and medium enterprises (SME) in the country are expected to gain access to a wider array of information, capital, technology, and markets through the Bank of China’s cross-border trade and investment conferences set to happen here…

Cargo volume up

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/03/2016

The booming economy and thriving import sector in Cebu province have resulted to a 20 percent increase of the volume of cargo passing through ports in Cebu in the first nine months of the year. According to…

Cebu Customs office exceeds Sept. revenue target by P336M

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/14/2016

THE Bureau of Customs office in Cebu continues to surpass its revenue targets with a P1.759 billion collection for September. According to BOC-Cebu records, this is a 23.63 percent increase from the month’s target collection of P1.423…

CORRUPTION RAMPANT IN CEBU

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/12/2016

Bureau of Customs gets ‘very bad’ rating nationwide Majority of Cebuano businessmen believe corruption in government is still rampant, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. According to the SWS 2016 Enterprise Survey on Corruption released in…

Cebu air freight forwarders told to innovate, be globally competitive

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/19/2016

With Cebu positioned as a gateway to southern Philippines, opportunities abound for freight forwarding and logistics businesses here. This was what former Customs Commissioner Bert Lina told members of the Air Cargo Forwarders of the Philippines, Inc.…

Power imports help Cebu Customs exceed July revenue target

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/01/2016

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) office in Cebu collected P1.71 billion in revenues last month, exceeding its P1.68-billion target and registering a P26.7-million surplus for July this year. Lawyer Rico Rey Francis Holganza, OIC customs district collector,…

Guidelines on release of shipments after office hours signed

05/09/2016

  The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. – Cebu Chapter (CCBI) to formalize the guidelines on…

Processing of documents at Cebu Port cut to 12 hours a day

Carmel Loise Matus 03/22/2016

FOR lack of personnel, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) cut the schedule for the processing of documents and X-ray of containers to 12 hours a day, or from  7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. But releasing of…

Stakeholders to tackle bank services issue as Customs goes 24/7

Carmel Loise Matus, Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/11/2016

A BANKERS’ group, businessmen and an exporters’ group will meet next week to address the concern about 24/7 bank services requested by the Bureau of Customs which will implement 24/7 operations starting this week. Melanie Ng, president…

Customs to operate 24/7 for Cebu

Carmel Loise Matus 03/10/2016

To ease the inconvenience for businesses caused by the closure of the old Mandaue-Mactan bridge, Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina announced on Thursday that their Cebu office will now be opened on weekends. Lina said they would also…

‘Leave three to four hours to avoid missing your flight’

Vanessa Claire Lucero 02/09/2016

DEPENDING on where they live or stay, airline passengers should leave three to four hours ahead of schedule so they can catch their flights. Estee Marie Plunket, head of corporate affairs of GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp.…

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