Customs confiscates P316-million worth of frozen meat and fake goods

May 9, 2021 | Nation

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated around P316-million worth of frozen meat and fake goods, all illegally shipped to the Philippines.The seized shipments covered P16 million worth of frozen meat, Peking duck, and black duck from a storage facility in Navotas...

Palace: Only PhilHealth regional VPs, Customs officials to be reshuffled; NBI execs to stay put

Sep 1, 2020 | Top Stories

Malacañang on Tuesday clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte’s reshuffle order only applied to regional vice presidents of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and Bureau of Customs officials. On Monday night, Duterte revealed he had ordered new...

Tax collections drop further amid Covid-19 pandemic

Apr 26, 2020 | Business

Total collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from January to mid-April this year dived further to P480.64 billion — P226.15 billion or 32 percent below what it collected for the same period last year — as a result of the quarantine measures in...

First-quarter revenue collection short of target by P156B

Apr 19, 2020 | Business

Covid-19 has shown its impact in the government revenue target as the Department of Finance (DOF) reported that its collections for the first quarter of the year fell short by P156 billion. In a statement, the DOF said that with most economic activities on a...

No holding of shipments of face masks – Customs Cebu

Feb 18, 2020 | Regions

Port of Cebu The Bureau of Customs–Port of Cebu (BOC-Cebu) has denied a report sent to the 8888 Citizen’s Complaint Hotline that they are holding shipments of surgical masks at the seaport.  Jessica Luzano, head of the Entry Processing Unit (EPU) of BOC-Cebu, rejected...