agricultural smuggling Archives

Nine BOC personnel face smuggling, graft raps

Nine personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and three consignees are set to face smuggling and graft charges over the alleged illegal importation...

DTI orders mandatory registration of agricultural warehouses to curb smuggling

The Department of Agriculture is tightening oversight of the food supply chain by requiring the mandatory registration of warehouses, cold storage facilities and other...

Unmask agri-smuggling financiers—Pangilinan

SENATOR Francis Pangilinan on Tuesday called for the identification of financiers behind the large-scale smuggling of agricultural products as he presided over a public...

Chinese faces raps on meat smuggling

Chinese national Chaoqun Shi was cited in contempt Wednesday during a Senate hearing after allegedly giving false information on the smuggling of P100 million...

Pangilinan vows to work with Customs vs. smugglers

Senator Francis Pangilinan on Monday teamed up with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to intensify the government’s campaign against agricultural smuggling, inspecting two 40-foot...

Senate eyes Chinese, local tie-up in agri smuggling

Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan on Monday said the Senate investigation into agricultural smuggling is uncovering a vast criminal network involving Chinese syndicates and their...

Solons flag threat of smuggled rice flooding markets

Senator Kiko Pangilinan opened Monday’s Senate hearing on the smuggling of agricultural products by highlighting the start of the 60-day rice import ban. “Let’s...

DA orders disposal of 500 tons of smuggled vegetables

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the disposal of over 500 metric tons of misdeclared and smuggled vegetables after tests found signs of...

Agri smuggling a nat’l security threat — PBBM

Agency heads organizing joint offensive vs. smugglers A multi-agency effort to stamp out agricultural smuggling is taking shape after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he...

DA seizes P2.83-b illicit products in stronger agri smuggling campaign

The Department of Agriculture’s Inspectorate and Enforcement (DAIE) unit said it intensified its campaign against agricultural smuggling in 2024, conducting 71 operations that led...

FPI welcomes renewed gov’t push vs. agri smuggling

The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) said it would continue to supply the government with information regarding possible cases of agricultural smuggling after the...