The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Sunday said it lacks the equipment to allow it to "efficiently" check incoming balikbayan boxes, as it justified the need to conduct random manual inspections amid the ...

More than 100,000 balikbayan boxes that had been in storage for years at the Port of Manila were finally being distributed to the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), just days before ...

Filipino expats around the world, those in the UAE included, send packages back home containing various items. Inside these boxes one may find imported food, toys, gadgets, clothing and more. These ...

The Bureau of Customs intercepts high-caliber firearms smuggled into the country from the US through a balikbayan box MANILA, Philippines – Just months after the government made balikbayan boxes duty ...

“BALIKBAYAN” boxes are again being used to smuggle contraband items into the country. This was disclosed on Thursday by Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who said the agency was able to intercept ...

THE House of Representatives and government agencies are pushing for tougher accountability measures against freight forwarders and consolidators involved in missing or undelivered balikbayan boxes, ...

I have never personally received a balikbayan box from abroad addressed to me, nor have I sent one home from abroad to myself (to, say, avoid airline excess baggage fees). But I have surely received ...