Blog Posts on boc

BOC employee face suspension due to SALN discrepancies by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on May 15, 2012Herminio Castillejos Lindo, a Customs Special Agent, is facing possible preventive suspension due to serious violations pertaining to his sworn Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Networth (SALN). The Revenue Integrity Protection Service (RIPS) of...

BOC seized P9.8M illegally imported onions by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on May 14, 2012Focusing on its all-out war against smuggling, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized seven forty-footer container vans ferrying illegally imported onions worth P9.8M. In today’s media presentation of the seized smuggled onions which were misdecla...

What You Should Know About Pork and Meat Importation Process by The Way It Is on May 8, 2012It has been alleged by leaders of the local hog raising industry that the Bureau of Customs is abetting the smuggling of pork and pork products and that it has gone unabated. Of course, the BOC asserts that it does not abet smuggling, although it is...

IMAX Harbor International Trading, Corp. charged for smuggling by Customs by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on May 6, 2012Five officials of a Manila-based trading company and a customs broker were formally charged today at the Department of Justice (DOJ) by officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) led by Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon for violations on certain provis...

BOC official, Atty. Manuel C. Relorcasa, charged for misleading SALN by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on Apr 30, 2012For providing fabricated, misleading, and incomprehensive details in his sworn Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Networth (SALN), the Bureau of Custom’s (BOC) Supervising Customs Operations Officer Atty. Manuel C. Relorcasa is facing criminal a...

My Letter to Mr. David Letterman by The Way It Is on Mar 5, 2012Dear Mr. Letterman, This is to call your attention to what seems to be an inaccurate account of one of your guest’s experience on the way to a shoot in a foreign location. I refer to the interview of Mr. Taylor Kitsch (aired February 29, 2012),...

Mr. Taylor Kitsch, “Hello!” from the Philippines by The Way It Is on Mar 2, 2012It is with seriousness that I take into account the story related by Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch in an interview in the Late Show with David Letterman. As soon as it came to my attention, I immediately conducted an inquiry into his allegation. My...

BOC Commissioner Puts Taylor Kitsch Issue to Rest by First Wives Club on Mar 2, 2012I knew he'd act fast. BOC Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has been on his toes since he took on this job of heading the Philippines' Bureau of Customs. What with the office holding crazy reputation that spans bad to worst, I'm sure Mr. Biazon has his hands...

BOC Commissioner Puts Taylor Kitsch Issue to Rest by First Wives Club on Mar 2, 2012I knew he'd act fast. BOC Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has been on his toes since he took on this job of heading the Philippines' Bureau of Customs. What with the office holding crazy reputation that spans bad to worst, I'm sure Mr. Biazon has his hands...

5 Seconds of Shame. by First Wives Club on Mar 1, 2012Tsk. This was on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight. How embarrassing that Philippine Customs got mentioned during this interview with Taylor Kitsch. Someone working at NAIA got his 5 seconds of fame... or more like 5 seconds of SHAME. How e...