Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto is once again making the rounds — this time, at the country’s powerhouse gateway, the Port of Batangas, to personally ensure that one of the…

While most of Metro Manila’s government offices took a break under Malacañang’s Memorandum Circular No. 106, the Bureau of Customs–NAIA kept its engines roaring! Defying downtime and proving their “service…

At the country’s busiest airport gateway, leadership is not just seen — it’s felt. The Bureau of Customs–Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), under the dynamic watch of District Collector Atty.…

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…