Deputy Customs Commissioner Danilo Lim yesterday made this statement as he flew in from Manila to lead the formal seizure of what the Bureau of Customs considers its biggest haul of smuggled rice.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño joined the call by agriculture sector leaders for the resignation of Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon, saying the customs chief has run out of reasons to stay in his office.
Agriculture stakeholders expressed disappointment over Malacañang’s inaction on their manifesto, calling for a shakeup of leadership at the Bureau of Customs.
The Bureau of Customs has seized P10 million worth of smuggled Taiwanese rice, misdeclared as slabs of wall insulators, at the Port of Cebu.
Used-car importers in Cagayan Valley have asked Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon to allow the release of over 200 second-hand cars and vans that arrived on Monday, after the Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a 2002 executive order banning the entry of second-hand car imports.
Brokers and other shippers or cargo owners need no longer have to personally deal with Bureau of Customs personnel to check on the status of their shipments as the bureau’s electronic monitoring system at the Port of Manila and the Manila International Container Port is now fully operational.
The Bureau of Customs has filed a total of 122 smuggling cases against traders and brokers behind the illegal importation of more than P60 billion worth of goods from various parts of the world, according to the BOC public information division.
The Bureau of Customs’ first major reshuffle of its top officials during the Aquino administration has raised eyebrows at the Department of Finance-attached agency due to the non-inclusion in the revamp of what BOC insiders refer to as the bureau’s “Three Kings.”
Some P1.1 billion worth of pirated and counterfeit goods were seized by the Bureau of Customs from January to November this year.
CUSTOMS Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has ordered investigators to identify the people behind the smuggling of sugar in the Cebu International Port (CIP).
A CARGO vessel ran aground Wednesday night at 350 meters east of Pier 1, Cebu City.
FORMER Transportation Undersecretary Aristotle Batuhan said Cebu City needs to be redistricted so that remote barangays will be well represented in Congress and the City Council.
No new shipments of Nongshim noodles from South Korea will be allowed to get through any of the country’s ports, the Bureau of Customs said Wednesday.
