The Department of Finance wants its two attached agencies—the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs—to curb the smuggling of gold out of the country and boost tax collection from the sale of the precious metal.
Farmers’ groups have long complained about smuggling that has been very detrimental to their livelihood. Quick actions are imperative.
The prices of pork and poultry will not go up in spite of a new Department of Agriculture order that seeks to curb the smuggling of meat by fly-by-night operators, two associations of local meat producers said on Saturday.
The filing of smuggling case against Phoenix Petroleum, a leading independent petroleum company violated their right to due process and fair play, one of its officials said Thursday.
When whatever it is that hits the fan splatters all over the place, such as the recent explosion in media over massive smuggling, our beloved officials in the Aquino (Part II) administration seem to have a quick ready excuse.
A key solution to the smuggling problems today is to have a structure that has already proven successful in the past. This is the Task Force on Anti-smuggling created through EO 385 on Nov. 16, 2004.
One of the very first directives that President Benigno Aquino III issued to revenue-generating agencies when he assumed office in 2010 was for them to stamp out tax evasion and smuggling.
Malacañang has spoken, or rather, one of the many PR people in Malacañang has spoken: Our leader Benigno Simeon (a.k.a. BS) finds no reason to fire Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon.
Outright smuggling is done by bringing petroleum into the country without duly reporting the shipments to customs officials.
Malacañang is standing by Customs Commissioner Rozzano “Ruffy” Biazon despite the massive smuggling of petroleum products into the country that industry leaders claim is costing the government at least P30 billion in forgone revenue annually.
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday filed with the Department of Justice a criminal complaint against consignees of illegally imported vehicles from Japan and US.
A ship loaded with about 400 imported used vehicles is arriving next week at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) despite the newly affirmed ban on such an importation by the Supreme Court.
