{"id":59647,"date":"2015-08-23T09:43:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T01:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59647"},"modified":"2025-01-13T07:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:03:10","slug":"palace-new-customs-rules-on-balikbayan-boxes-not-meant-to-target-ofws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/23\/palace-new-customs-rules-on-balikbayan-boxes-not-meant-to-target-ofws\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: New Customs rules on balikbayan boxes, not meant to target OFWs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59662\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_176998874.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59662\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_176998874.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_176998874.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shutterstock_176998874-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Palace said the Bureau of Customs is not singling out overseas Filipino workers with its tighter rules on balikbayan boxes and it is serious in going after smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>OFWs complained about a new BOC rule on balikbayan boxes saying the government should focus its attention on going after big smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Unang-una, hindi naman sa \u2018napag-iinitan\u2019 sila. Ang hinahabol ng Bureau of Customs ay ang mga malalaking<\/em> smuggler,\u201d Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Valte told dzRB Radyo ng Bayan that the BOC implemented new rules because there have been some concerns when it comes to balikbayan boxes being sent by OFWs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy female cialis online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/female-cialis.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/female-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are instances where smugglers used balikbayan boxes as a way to ship unauthorized goods and then reassemble them here.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy amoxil online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/amoxil.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/amoxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Yun lang din ang gustong matigil ng<\/em> Bureau of Customs &#8230; nagagamit ang mga balikbayan boxes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hindi po tina-target ang ating mga OFWs and ang atas lang naman sa BOC ay siguraduhing malinis at mabilis ang proseso<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The process will not cause any hold up in the release of the balikbayan boxes and that the property inside should be respected as well, she noted.<\/p>\n<p>BOC has to be very conscious about handling balikbayan boxes because it\u2019s a show of respect to the owners who legally sent items through the balikbayan boxes.<\/p>\n<p>She also advised OFWs to send feedback to the BOC it they have concerns in sending balikbayan boxes to their families in the country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy hydroxychloroquine online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/hydroxychloroquine.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/hydroxychloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Palace said the Bureau of Customs is not singling out overseas Filipino workers with its tighter rules &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":59662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59647","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=59647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283337,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59647\/revisions\/283337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}