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PH Customs hosts 27th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Customs, discusses trade and border facility

Representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather at the 27th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Customs (CCC) on 24 to 26 October 2017 to discuss and finalize pressing issues...

Maute defeat in Marawi a warning to terror groups: AFP

MANILA -- With the decisive defeat of the Maute Group terrorists in Marawi City, lawless elements will be forced to think twice before occupying another city or town in the Philippines. This was...

Speaker Alvarez: FATE is part of hatchet job to divert public attention

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez today dismissed the allegations hurled against him by the group Filipino Alliance for Transparency and Empowerment (FATE) as part of a hatchet job in a bid to divert...

BOC mulls scrapping use of ‘green lane’ for shipments

MANILA -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is eyeing the abolition of its green lane whose use is currently suspended. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, however, noted that the plan would only be...

Gov’t to build P33.5-M evacuation center in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The national government, through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), is set to construct a PhP33.5 million evacuation center to house families displaced in times of...

Floods, storm surge damage P15-M infra in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The City Engineer’s Office recorded more than PhP15 million worth of infrastructures have been damaged by the recent flashflood and storm surge in this city. Flashflood and storm surge...

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