The Bureau of Customs intercepts high-caliber firearms smuggled into the country from the US through a balikbayan box MANILA, Philippines – Just months after the government made balikbayan boxes duty ...

MANILA, Philippines – There’s no doubt about it: overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) contribute much to the Philippine economy. More than anyone, their families are the ones who feel the benefits of ...

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Sunday said it lacks the equipment to allow it to "efficiently" check incoming balikbayan boxes, as it justified the need to conduct random manual inspections amid the ...

More than 100,000 balikbayan boxes that had been in storage for years at the Port of Manila were finally being distributed to the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), just days before ...

SAN MATEO, California – While the proposed inspection of balikbayan boxes entering the Philippines has been shelved as a result of global protests from OFWs, increased tariff charges on cargo ...

THE House of Representatives and government agencies are pushing for tougher accountability measures against freight forwarders and consolidators involved in missing or undelivered balikbayan boxes, ...

“BALIKBAYAN” boxes are again being used to smuggle contraband items into the country. This was disclosed on Thursday by Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who said the agency was able to intercept ...

FOR the millions of Filipinos working and living abroad, the balikbayan box they send to their loved ones here in the country is not just a box full of canned goods, apparel or toys for their kids to ...

The act of lovingly packing a balikbayan box and sending it back to loved ones is one way of showing them they are always in their hearts. As a child growing up in the Philippines, I remember one of ...