The Bureau of Customs (BOC) announced it has secured the conviction of four individuals in two separate smuggling cases before the Regional Trial Court of Manila, with prison terms of up to 15 years imposed for the unlawful importation of cigarettes and motor vehicles.

Six residents in this city have been convicted by a local court for stealing electricity.

The Sandiganbayan has handed down decades-long prison sentences to convicted pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles, her associate and former Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) undersecretary Jerry Pacturan for their roles in the P50-million ghost agricultural projects across several provinces in Luzon.