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With a relentless drive to protect the nation’s borders, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated ₱2.390 billion worth of smuggled goods from July to August 2025. Acting on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to crush smuggling, the agency carried out 128 enforcement operations that stopped illegal drugs, illicit cigarettes, and agricultural products, and other unlawful […]
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Port of Cebu, stopped a South African national from smuggling P27 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or ‘shabu’ at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno was present at the airport during the operation and personally inspected the seized items. Nepomuceno acknowledged the strong efforts of […]
The Philippines welcomed some 2,000 educators from across Southeast Asia and Korea as the 39th ASEAN Council of Teachers + Korea (ACT+1) Convention opened recently at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel. Department of Tourism (DOT) Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, guest of honor and keynote speaker, bannered the Marcos Administration’s commitment to advancing education and […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco reaffirmed the Marcos Administration’s commitment to inclusive and sustainable growth as she expressed the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) full support for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). During her keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the BARMM Tourism Summit 2025 at the KCC Convention Center in Cotabato […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has issued a sweeping audit of all farm‑to‑market road (FMR) projects since 2021—taking his cue from investigation initiated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on controversial flood control works of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Though FMR schemes are identified and validated by the Department, these road projects […]
In a bid to alleviate traffic congestion, local chief executives of Metro Manila approved street parking ban on national primary roads and prohibition of parking on national secondary roads in Metro Manila on designated time periods, similar to how the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) implements its expanded number coding scheme. During the Metro Manila […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) recently convened the regional and community tour guides from all over the Philippines. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco conveyed a heartfelt message to the participants, emphasizing the crucial role of tour guides in the country’s tourism sector. “Our tour guides are front and center in ensuring that tourism fuels the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from Argentina, following a confirmed outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in that country. Memorandum Order No. 48 bars the entry of poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen for artificial insemination sourced from Argentina, after […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco joined First Lady Liza Marcos and City of San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora in celebrating the Linggo ng Kasuotang Pilipino as part of the city’s 2025 Tourism Month festivities.In her message, Frasco lauded the City Government of San Juan for spearheading the event, describing it as a […]
In line with the administration’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs under the leadership of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Bureau of Customs – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), successfully intercepted approximately 6,000 grams of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” at the Customs Arrival Area of NAIA Terminal 3. A Swiss national arriving from Abu Dhabi […]