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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
A FORMER clerk of the Bureau of Customs in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted by the court on charges of malversation of funds for pocketing P1.2 million in government funds two decades ago. Crispiniano Ligan, a former collection…
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu will soon issue a warrant of seizure and detention for the custody of the used tires which were seized from a warehouse in barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City last week.…
THE Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has allowed the use of a 1.2-hectare container yard at the Cebu International Port for storage of seized and forfeited cargo containers. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Cebu Port District Collector Arnulfo Marcos…
