The Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA, on December 03, 2021 headed by District Collector Carmelita M. Talusan, though its Auction and Cargo Disposal Division (ACDD), and law firms representing luxury and authentic brands, conducted joint verification of subject abandoned items in the NAIA Conference and Exhibit Room in Pasay City.
As part of the Bureau of Custom’s (BOC) commitment to border protection, the BOC together with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on December 14, 2021 inaugurated the BOC-AMLC Coordinating Center.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Cebu seized forty-two (42) containers of mature coconuts, a banned export product, last Saturday, December 11, 2021.
Consistent in protecting the borders against illegal drugs, the Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in coordination with PDEA, CAIDTF, ESS, XIP and CIIS, uncovered and seized 15 packs of High Grade Kush Marijuana with an estimated value of Php 675,000.00 and arrested the claimant in Malate, Manila in a controlled delivery operations on December 13, 2021.
Manila, Philippines, November 2021 – In conformance with the Bureau of Customs’ commitments to the ASEAN, several Customs Officials composing the Philippine Delegation recently attended the 35th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Customs (CCC), which took place via Video Conference from 23-25 November 2021, chaired by Collector Wilnora L. Cawile, Head of the External Affairs Office.
In its effort to address the importance of reputation as one of the agency’s valuable assets and promote personnel development, the Bureau of Customs on December 01, 2021 through the Interim Training and Development Division, facilitated the conduct of Crisis Communication Training entitled: The Rules of the Game Have Changed by Crisis Communications Expert Gina Dela Vega-Cruz.
Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Davao District Collector, Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria receives Finland Ambassador to the Philippines, H.E. Juha Markus Pyykkö, at the BOC Davao Compound, Davao City, Tuesday morning, December 7, 2021
Bureau of Customs-Port of Subic seized refined sugar declared as “twist floor map” and “plastic trash bags” with an estimated value of Php 16.7 million in a physical examination conducted on Dec. 7, 2021.
As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) commitment to border security, on November 22, 2021, the Port of NAIA seized illegally imported spiders in the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC), Pasay City.
The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in close coordination with PDEA, CAIDTF, ESS, XIP and CIIS, seized 4,976 pcs. of Ecstasy or “Party Drugs” with an estimated value of Php 8.5-million last December 6, 2021 and arrested the claimant in Las Pinas City in a controlled delivery operations on December 7, 2021.
