The Bureau of Customs – Port of Tacloban, in partnership with the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC) and the Philippine Army – 8th Infantry Division (PA-8ID) conducted a virtual Governance Sharing on October 29, 2021.

As part of its good governance, the Port of Subic conducted its training on 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions (2019 Edition) on October 27, 2021. It was attended by thirty-eight (38) personnel from Port of Subic, and another twelve (12) personnel from other ports.

Consistent in intensifying the anti-illegal drug campaign of the Bureau of Customs under the leadership of Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the Port of Clark, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Enforcement and Security Service (ESS) – Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF) and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), foiled another smugglers’ attempt to import illegal drugs as it intercepted 9,917 and approximately 31 broken tablets of Ecstasy or “party drugs” worth Php 16,911,600.00 last November 3, 2021.

Through intensified land and maritime surveillance activity, the Bureau of Customs-Port of Davao through Sub-port of Dadiangas and the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) seized forty (40) boxes of Indonesian made Gudang Baru smuggled cigarettes worth Php 1.9 million on October 24, 2021.

As the Bureau of Customs (BOC) bolsters the nation’s border security measures and trade facilitation, the X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) procured four new units of mobile container x-ray machines to boost the Bureau’s scanning performance.

As part of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) commitment to share best practices and foster coordination with other agencies, the Port of NAIA on October 29, 2021 conducted governance sharing of best practices with the Asia Developmenf Bank (ADB).

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Manila (POM) seized one 40-footer container of used jetskis, used motorcycles, and other misdeclared items estimated to be worth Php 3.9 Million on November 2, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Subic conducted its 4th Quarter Stakeholders’ Forum on Automated Routing and Monitoring System (ARMS) and Body-Worn Cameras on October 15, 2021, via Zoom Teleconference and Facebook Live Coverage.

Members of the public and private sector gathered in an online business meeting to discuss the investment potentials of Davao Region and Mindanao to become a logistics hub for the ASEAN countries during the 2021 Davao Investment Conference (DavaoIcon) pre-conference “Mindanao as a Logistics Hub of ASEAN, First and Last Mile Logistics” on October 27, 2021 via Zoom Meetings.

On 02 November 2021, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducted a successful entrapment operation against Zosimo E. Bello (Bello) and Salvador V. Seletaria (Seletaria), a customs appraiser and examiner at the Collection District No. II-A (Port of Manila), respectively.