CMTA

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                    [Title] => BOC workers face P1-M fine, 12 years for pilfering balikbayan boxes
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Bureau of Customs employees face longer prison sentences and higher fines if they are proven to have pilfered balikbayan boxes or extorted money from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in exchange for the release of hand-carried or shipped cargo, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said yesterday.

                    [DatePublished] => 2016-01-31 09:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
                    [SectionName] => Metro
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                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150824/Balikbayan-Boxes-Conveyor-belt.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1544410
                    [Title] => Value of tax-exempt balikbayan goods raised to P150,000
                    [Summary] => 
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), which also raises to P150,000 from P10,000 the tax-exempt value of pasalubong cargo brought in or sent by Filipinos overseas.

                    [DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 09:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
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BOC workers face P1-M fine, 12 years for pilfering balikbayan boxes

By Christina Mendez | January 31, 2016 - 9:00am

Bureau of Customs employees face longer prison sentences and higher fines if they are proven to have pilfered balikbayan boxes...

Metro

Value of tax-exempt balikbayan goods raised to P150,000

By Christina Mendez | January 19, 2016 - 9:00am

The Senate has approved on third and final reading the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), which also raises...

Headlines