BOC, DA say digitalization to address smuggling
SENATE PROBE. Senate President Vicente Sotto III asks questions during the Senate Committee of the Whole hearing on the smuggled agricultural products on Monday (March 28, 2022). Bureau of Customs Assistant Commissioner Vincent Maronilla and Agriculture Assistant Secretary Federico Laciste Jr. attended the second hearing. (Screengrab from Senate hearing) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) agreed that digitalization of their system would boost the government's fight against the smuggling of agricultural products in the country. This, after Senate Pre...