Good news for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sending home “balikbayan” boxes to their loved ones. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Finance have signed the implementing rules and ...

MANILA, Philippines - With 70 percent of the balikbayan boxes arriving in the country during the Christmas season, the Bureau of Customs ((BOC) has come out with an online tracking system to help the ...

Peak season for sending care packages begins in September in time for Christmas Dubai: Officials have reminded Filipino expatriates to send their balikbayan boxes, or care packages, through legitimate ...

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 ...

Piles of stuffed animals, clothes, hangers, towels, decorations — even bird feeders — were neatly gathered in Nita Matheson’s Springfield, Virginia, house last Wednesday. In her garage, flattened ...

A NEW multi-agency complaints and monitoring system will be established for the reporting and resolution of scams related to Balikbayan boxes of overseas Filipino workers (OFW), according to the ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries with the most number of complaints on undelivered balikbayan boxes by sea in 2013, according to the Department of Trade ...

'Hindi kasalanan ng mga OFWs natin kung natagalan ang pagbuo ng impementing rules for the CMTA,' says Senator Ralph Recto MANILA, Philippines – Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto said on Monday, ...

Balikbayan boxes sent by qualified Filipinos abroad will be duty- and tax-free starting Christmas Day, December 25 MANILA, Philippines – Good news for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Starting ...

Filipinos urged to avoid sending care packages through ‘fly by night’ cargo companies Dubai: A Filipino official at the Philippine consulate has warned Filipinos from transacting with ‘fly by night’ ...

Dozens of balikbayan boxes sent by Filipinos abroad did not reach their intended recipients in the Philippines this year, GMA News' Lei Alviz reported on 24 Oras on Wednesday. Citing the Department of ...

This is a reaction to the article “Local cargo forwarders told to install X-ray machines” (News, 8/26/15). It’s about time that Customs Commissioner Bert Lina directed X-ray checks on balikbayan boxes ...