The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG), will be fully implementing the Philippine Clearing House Corporation (PCHC) Payment Application Secure System Version 6.0 (PASS 6) in its Electronic to Mobile (E2M) system on Oct. 1 which also allows the 24/7 processing of payments for stakeholders transacting through selected banks.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC NAIA) conducted coordination meetings with Partner Customs Facility and Warehouse (CFW) Operators to prepare for the influx of inbound parcels/packages this coming holiday season.

Bureau of Customs officials, through the Interim Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Office, participated in a two-day Writeshop for the drafting of the AEO Operations Manual on September 6-7 at F1 Hotel Manila, Taguig.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) and the Port of Manila (POM), continues to implement measures and work closely with its stakeholders in ensuring that effective trade facilitation programs and practices are in place.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in coordination with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Enforcement & Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) & Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), uncovered 35 grams of Kush Marijuana with an estimated value of Php52,500.00 inside eight (8) canisters and arrested its claimant on Sept.13 in Malabon City.

Agents of the Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP), through the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) and the Enforcement and Security Service-Quick Response Team (ESS-QRT), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Intelligence Service Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), and the National Intelligence and Security Force (NISF), inspected several warehouses of sugar in Meycauayan, Bulacan on September 8, 2022.

The Presiding Judge of the 3rd Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Orion-Pilar, Bataan convicted four (4) individuals on Sept. 9 who were found transporting smuggled rice in Orion, Bataan.

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) expressed its full support and cooperation with the Bureau of Customs in curbing money laundering and terrorist financing in the country, as announced in a meeting between AMLC Executive Director Matthew David and Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz on Sept. 6.

Bureau of Customs, Port of Davao, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI (PDEA), Seaport Interdiction Unit, and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), intercepted a luxury car misdeclared as used automobile parts in a joint physical examination conducted on September 1, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its target collection for the 8th consecutive time this year.