{"id":244977,"date":"2020-02-15T02:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T07:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244977"},"modified":"2020-02-15T02:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T07:11:42","slug":"customs-to-expedite-release-of-face-mask-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/15\/customs-to-expedite-release-of-face-mask-shipments\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs to expedite release of face mask shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_222513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222513\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222513\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/640px-WTMP_PhotoPhilia_D9_Bureau_of_Customs-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BOC records show that 210 cartons, 10 boxes, five packages, and 115 pieces of face\/surgical masks were released from the bureau since January. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=14645199\">Photo By PhotoPhilia, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will fast-track the processing and release of shipments of surgical masks amid the increasing demand\u00a0due to the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commissioner (Rey Leonardo Guerrero) has ordered for prompt processing and release of face\/surgical masks,\u201d Customs spokesperson Vincent Philip Maronilla said in a phone interview Friday.<\/p>\n<p>BOC records show that 210 cartons, 10 boxes, five packages, and 115 pieces of face\/surgical masks were released from the bureau since January.<\/p>\n<p>At the Port of Davao, there were 210 cartons and 5 packages of face\/surgical masks released in January.<\/p>\n<p>Another 10 boxes and 115 pieces of face\/surgical masks were also released on February 12 from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Maronilla added that the shipments mostly came from China.<\/p>\n<p>The items are for commercial use while some are supplies of medical institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The BOC said the improved processing in importations of face\/surgical masks is part of the Bureau\u2019s commitment to serve the public interest and provide them with immediate assistance and support.<\/p>\n<p>Also part of its mandate is to facilitate trade, strengthening border protection and collecting revenues.<\/p>\n<p>The Covid-19 has so far killed over 1,000 people worldwide, mostly in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will fast-track the processing and release of shipments of surgical masks amid the increasing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":191820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244978,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244977\/revisions\/244978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}