Source: Plastics intended for briquettes

Dominic D. Yasay 02/08/2017

The tons of shredded plastics found dumped in a private lot in Barangay Tingub, Mandaue City, were not garbage but components in making briquettes. This was clarified by “Marco” (real name withheld on his request), who introduced…

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…

‘Qualified’ OFWs may send tax-free ‘balikbayan’ boxes soon

12/11/2016

Good news for overseas Filipino workers sending home balikbayan boxes to their loved ones. The Bureau of Customs and the Department of Finance have signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) prescribing the guidelines on duty- and…

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…

Exec: Cebu port cuts 7-month revenue shortfall to P540M

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/07/2016

THE Cebu Port has cut by 4.5 percent or P540 million its revenue shortfall in the first seven months of the year. Acting Cebu Customs District Collector Rico Rey Francis Holganza said yesterday that the Cebu Port…

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,…

Five container vans of luxury vehicles seized

08/01/2016

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs seized last week five container vans containing imported luxury vehicles and spoiled pork meat inside the Mindanao Container Terminal in nearby Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. Alvin Enciso, chief…

Customs exceeds target, earns P1.7B revenue

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 for July this year. Lawyer Rico Rey Francis Holganza, OIC customs district collector, credited this to the huge…

‘Incremental increase’ in AFP, PNP’s pay out by August -Digong

07/27/2016

FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday vowed to provide an incremental increase in the salaries of state forces starting next month. “Starting next month, (may) incremental increase (na) sweldo niyo,” Duterte said in…

Cops seize P1-B worth of shabu in Cagayan

07/05/2016

POLICE dug up black bags and boxes containing 180 kilograms of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) worth close to P1 billion in an abandoned farm in Claveria town in Cagayan province over the weekend. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

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