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11TH BOC ‘Customer Care Center’ opens in Iloilo
The newly established facility serves as a one-stop shop for answering queries and concerns, processing and releasing of regulatory documents and payment of customs duties, taxes, fees…
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PASSAGE OF P2.6 BILLION 2021 BOC BUDGET ASSURED
THE Senate Finance Committee has assured support for the passage of the 2021 budget of the Bureau of Customs with Comm. Rey Leonardo Guerrero also earning praise from Sen. Imee…
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New BOC ‘color-code’ seen to address IU ‘abuses’
There have been mounting complaints—and accusation of extortion—that with the creation of the IU headed by retired Army general, Noel Samarita, shipments that have already gone…
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Only 400 Americans ‘own’ 13 percent of US wealth
“Pandemic be damned,” as the opening sentence of the article stressed, these Americans even increased their wealth by $240 billion from last year, an amount that is more than half of…
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P6.5M LUXURY GOODS SEIZED AT NAIA
THE Bureau of Customs last week seized known brands of luxury items worth P6.5 million from France at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) misdeclared as “assorted…
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House ‘Appro Chair’ vows support for NIA fund hike
FARMERS and other rural-based workers can now heave a sigh of relief after ACT-CIS partylist representative, Eric Yap, assured his support for the return of the P4.2 billion “slashed”…
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Legal action versus “bogus” Iloilo consumer group eyed
We will also consult with our legal counsel to discuss what particular charges we can file against this pair of PECO bootlickers to stop them from further misrepresenting not only KBK…
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ERC asked to stop ‘fleecing’ of Ilongos by MORE Power
The amount is considered to have come from suspicious systems loss rates posted in MORE Power’s bills. It also reflects the total amount that was “illegally” billed to all of Iloilo…
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‘Jagger’ not bothered by intrigues
The bureau, for the third consecutive month, had again surpassed its assigned collection target, collecting P44.631 billion for August, from its target of P33.675 billion, for a surplus…
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Customs Intel Director Replaced?
THE director of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), has been reportedly replaced by another retired military general.
According to informed sources, Dir.…
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