Author: ED DURAL

MANILA — The Veterans Federation of the Philippines Sons and Daughters Association, Inc. (VFP-SDAI) recently re-elected Deputy Speaker and TUCP Party Representative Raymond Democrito Mendoza as its National President and Veterans Bank’s FVP Miguel Angelo Villa-Real, as its National Executive Vice-President during its recently held National Assembly. Mendoza is the son of Labor Leader and WWII veteran Democrito T. Mendoza. Villa-Real is the grandson of former Deped USec Andres C. Clemente, also a WWII veteran who saw action in the Visayas as 2nd Lieutenant in the First Battalion, Infantry, 61st Division of the Philippine Army. Founded in 1988, the VFP-SDAI…

MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Spokesperson Arnaldo dela Torre Jr. reported on a Laging Handa presser on Wednesday that the agency has racked up at least P1.2 billion worth of aBogricultural products or a total of 105 seizures of smuggled goods into the country since January this year. “A total of 105 seizures of agricultural products were conducted from January 2022 up to the present. These have an estimated value of PHP1,205,000,000,” BOC spokesperson Arnaldo dela Torre Jr. said in a Laging Handa presser. More than half of the seized shipments, particularly onions, came from China. “The most…

MANILA — The Bureau of Customs-Port Davao and the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao took custody of a domestic ship and its unmarked fuel cargo last November 29 at the Hijo Port in Tagum City. Port officials took samples of the fuel, which were tested for the presence of the fuel marker, an inert chemical added to fuel after payment of Customs duties and taxes.  Field and confirmatory laboratory tests confirmed the absence of the marker. Hearings have been set to give the owners of the vessel carrying the unmarked fuel an opportunity to challenge the alleged violations. Pending the hearings’…

MANILA — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) today welcomed Senators Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian and Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito and key officials and members of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means (SCWM) and Senate Tax Study and Research Office (STSRO) as they conducted an ocular inspection and a walk-through of its modernization program.  Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz led the walk-through for the distinguished guests s at the Customs Customer Care Center (CCC), X-ray Inspection Program (XIP), and the Customs Operations Center (COC).  Key officials of the Bureau also conducted briefings on the Customs Processing Systems, BOC Dashboard, Electronic Value…

Wala daw sasantuhin pagdating sa paghuli sa mga smugglers si BOC Commissioner Yogi Ruiz Sa isang pulong-balitaan kamakailan ay ipinahayag ni BOC Commissioner Ruiz na determinado siyang  ipatupad ang mga reporma sa kanyang opisina upang labanan ang agricultural smuggling sa bansa para siguruhin ligtas ang mga Filipino consumers. Sugpuin ang pagpupuslit ay ang unang  kautusan sa kanya ni PBBM Jr. upang protektahan ang mga Filipinong Magsasaka. Ipagpapatuloy at paiig-tingin ang pagpapatupad at pag-susuri sa lahat ng  mga containers sa lahat ng daungan sa buong bansa. Bilang resulta,  naging matagumpay ang kanilang isinasagawang “Seizures Cases” na aabot sa  66 na mga…

Sapul na Sapul ang isang Shipper o Importer matapos mahuli sa  isinagawang inspekyun. ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Customs Intelligence at Investigation Service at ang kinatawan ng Security Service (CIIS), Philippine Drug Enforcement Drug Agency, PDEA at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) kasama si Customs Examiner Ronor N. Alinsug. Nadiskubre nila ang hindi tugmang declaration na naglalaman ng “CHLORINE” sa halip na ‘CALCIUM CARBONATE’. Kung hindi na inspeksyun lugi ang gobyerno ng P199,241.06 sa Duties at  Taxes nito. Dahil dito, kagyat na nagpalabas ng Warant of Seizure at Detention si District Collector Charlito Martin R. Mendoza ng makitaan ng “Probable Cause”…

Sinampulan na nga ng agarang aksyon ang bagong talagang hepe ng Bureau of Custom na si Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz. Kasama ang presidente ng Door-to-Door Consolidators Association sa Pilipinas o DDCAP na si Joel P. Longares at mga miyembro nito, tumungo ang magiting na bagong BOC commissioner na tubong San Remigio, Cebu sa Gerona, Tarlac upang inspeksyunin ang Atlas Brokerage at Expres Padala Inc. Narito kasi nakaimbak ang controversial na Balikbayan Boxes ng mga kababayan nating Overseas Filipino Workers na kung saan-saan na at kani-kaninu na nakarating ang reklamo ng mga OFWs. Matapos niyang ma-assess ang kalagayan ng mga BBs…