BOC finds overpriced, imported rice in 2 warehouses

Marlon Ramos, Tina G. Santos 09/18/2023

Authorities inspected warehouses in Las Piñas City and Cavite suspected of storing smuggled rice and selling it above the prescribed price range. According to the Bureau of Customs (BOC), rice products from Vietnam, Thailand, and China, with…

Abandoned shipment in Cebu yields nearly P1-M smuggled onions — BOC

Beatrice Pinlac 07/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Authorities have discovered an abandoned shipment of boxes of kimchi from China which were used to conceal nearly P1 million worth of smuggled white onions. In a report released only on Thursday, the Bureau…

BOC seizes P23.8-M worth of smuggled refined sugar from Hong Kong

Daphne Galvez 01/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized over P23.8 million worth of smuggled refined sugar from Hong Kong at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) amid the agency’s crackdown against the smuggling of agricultural…

BOC Sub-Port of Dumaguete seizes more than 500 reams of smuggled cigarettes

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu, though its Sub-Port of Dumaguete, confiscated 599 reams of illicit cigarettes last December 21, 2022. The Port of Cebu, in a social media post on December…

21,000 kilograms of smuggled chlorine seized in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Customs officials here confiscated drums of smuggled chlorine granules worth approximately P1.5 million.  The Bureau of Customs at the Port of Cebu (BOC-Port of Cebu) reported in a statement that they intercepted a…

BOC Cebu-Subport Mactan seizes flower seeds ‘smuggled’ from Indonesia

Doris C. Bongcac 03/22/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Various flowers seeds that were believed to have been smuggled from Indonesia were confiscated by personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Cebu-Subport of Mactan because of lack of sanitary and phytosanitary import…

Port of Cebu condemns smuggled, counterfeit cigarettes worth over P90M

Doris C. Bongcac 07/10/2021

MANDAUE CITY, CEBU – The Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu destroyed over P90 million worth of smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes that were shipped to Cebu from China last month. The 1,804 master cases of cigarettes were…

CSBT to improve security after entry of smuggled firearms

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/17/2018

The management of Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) has admitted that the lack of security measures caused the entry of at least 46 smuggled automatic pistols on Saturday (July 14). Terminal manager Joey Herrera identified the arrested…

BOC seizes P2.5M worth of smuggled motorcycles, bicycles and excavator

Ador Mayol 06/07/2018

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized four motorcycles, two bicycles, and an excavator with a value of at least P2.5 million in an inspection at the Cebu International Port on Thursday. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said…

Feds say PH-bound Quiboloy exec smuggled cash

AP 02/18/2018

HONOLULU — A woman headed for the Philippines aboard a private jet that was also carrying Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy lied about the amount of cash she had when inspectors found $335,000 in her…

DENR-7: Cebu hot spot of smuggled wildlife

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/14/2018

CEBU is one of the hot spots for wildlife smuggling. This is according to an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7). Ariel Rica, chief of the Enforcement Division of the…

No gifts

Editorial 12/12/2017

It may be downright tightfisted and Scrooge-like, but the Provincial Warden’s decision not to allow families of inmates to bring gifts during their annual holiday visits on Dec. 25 and 26 is not only practical but necessary…

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