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SunStar + January 20, 2021 THE WASTE and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition yesterday presented the “Environmental Justice Award” to Bureau of Customs-Region 10 District Collector John Simon in a virtual ceremony. Simon, a customs official with 31 years of distinguished service in the government sector, is the lone recipient of the group’s first-ever “Environmental Justice Award” coinciding with the national observance of “Zero Waste Month” this January. Acco...

Customs collector John Simon receives 1st-ever Environmental Justice Award EcoWaste Coalition’s inaugural Environmental Justice Award was given to the Bureau of Customs-Region 10 District official for his role in the re-exportation of South Korea’s illegal waste shipment. Customs collector John Simon has received the first-ever Environmental Justice Award from waste and pollution watchdog group, EcoWaste Coalition. The Bureau of Customs-Region 10 District official received the recognition i...

Waste and pollution watchdog EcoWaste Coalition has given recognition to a Customs official who actively pursued the re-exportation of illegal South Korean waste shipments in 2019-2020.

Press Release January 18, 2021 Bong Go cites need to mitigate hunger and inflation amid ongoing pandemic; lauds PRRD for signing EO modifying the rates of import duty on certain agricultural products Senator Christopher "Bong" Go lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing Executive Order No. 123 modifying the rates of import duty on certain agricultural products under section 1611 of the Republic Act No. 10863, otherwise known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act. The EO will further m...

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go (OFFICE OF SEN. BONG GO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The order modifies the rates of import duty on certain agricultural products under section 1611 of Republic Act No. 10863, the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act. Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee, said the President’s order will further maintain the reduced tariff rates on mechanically deboned meat (MDM) of chicken and turkey until next year as a way to help curb hun...

Various smuggled Chinese medicines allegedly used in treating COVID-19 related cases worth P1.5 million were uncovered in a storage-turned-makeshift clinic in Pasay City, the Bureau of Customs said Saturday.

The Bureau of Customs on Saturday said it confiscated ₱1.5 million worth of Chinese medicines smuggled into the country, one of which may have been used to treat COVID-19.

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A total of 127 cases were filed by the Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS) over  violations of RA 10863, also known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) and other pertinent laws from 2020 to January 8 this year. Of these, 75 criminal cases were filed against various importers before the Department of Justice while 52 administrative cases were filed against customs brokers before the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC). Further, a total...

(NAIA customs / MANILA BULLETIN) Twenty-eight plastic containers individually housing the tarantulas and scorpions were found upon opening of the package. Records showed that the package from Samut Parakain, Thailand was misdeclared as teaching equipment and imported without the necessary import permits. The tarantulas and scorpions were immediately turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Wildlife Traffic Monitoring Unit (DENR-WTMU) for rehabilitation and care. In Oct...

(Photo via BOC) Six boxes containing Agarwood, which is listed as one of the most expensive natural raw materials in the world, were found in the shipment that was not covered with proper documents for export. According to the Customs bureau, the shipment was initially declared to contain “woodcraft” bound for Vietnam via the Port of NAIA. However, after x-ray scanning and physical inspection on December 24, the shipment was found to contain 73 kilograms of Agarwood chips. Customs sa...