Acting on the initiative of Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, the Senate starts this Monday its scrutiny into the alleged graft-ridden practices by the BOC, enabling entry into the country’s ports untaxed imported multi-million-worth of smuggled goods.
ACTING on the initiative of Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, the Senate starts this Monday its scrutiny into the alleged graft-ridden practices by the Bureau of Customs , enabling entry into the country’s ports untaxed imported multi-million-worth of smuggled goods.
For a start, Gatchalian said senators are expected to “assess the modernization program of the Bureau of Customs amid the influx of smuggled products into the country.” The senator cited the unabated entry of smuggling goods that needs this problem to be addressed, more so with the coming Christmas season and the deluge of consumers, Gatchalian said. [“Napansin natin na patuloy pa din ang pagpasok ng mga smuggled goods at kailangang matugunan ang problemang ito lalo na ngayong magpapasko at dagsa ang mga mamimili.”]
The lawmaker recalled that just recently, BOC agents intercepted more than P63 million worth of frozen goods from Hong Kong and China. He also noted that last week, the government confiscated a cargo of 100,000 kilos of white onions that were undervalued and misdeclared as bread and pastries.
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