Amid the early morning bustle at the Port of Manila came a welcome development — as of 2:30 a.m. on November 7, 2025, one of the previously downed X-ray portals…

Now we’ll see if the Department of Finance Revenue Integrity Protection Service (RIPS) really has fangs — or if it’s just another toothless watchdog pretending to bark under Secretary Ralph…

Something’s jamming up inside the Bureau of Customs–Port of Manila — and it’s not contraband. Two of the port’s main X-ray portals have suddenly conked out, throwing a wrench into…

There’s a fresh wind blowing across the Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu — and it carries the name of District Collector Alexandra Y. Lumontad. In a simple yet meaningful…

She’s back — and the runway just got sharper. After a brief hiatus, Atty. Yasmin O. “Yas” Mapa, one of the Bureau of Customs’ most seasoned and respected enforcers, has…

There’s a new kind of energy pulsing inside the Bureau of Customs — and it’s not the usual bureaucracy. It’s the sound of enforcement getting real, of leadership standing its…

Fake news never seems to run out of gas — especially when luxury cars are involved. Over the weekend, an online post went viral claiming that a Rolls-Royce seized from…

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is visibly taking the fight against food smugglers personally — and he made that loud and clear at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). Pangilinan led…

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is on the move again — and leading the charge are Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno and Deputy Commissioner Atty. Agaton Teodoro O. Uvero, two reform-minded…