President Marcos has directed newly appointed Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno to intensify border protection and strengthen the country’s fight versus smuggling. Nepomuceno officially took the ...

President Marcos on Monday swore into office Ariel Nepomuceno as the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) chief, replacing Bienvenido Rubio, who earlier submitted his courtesy resignation. Before his new ...

MANILA, Philippines - Building on the gains of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) during the last three years, here are three recommendations that newly appointed Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno may ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly ordered the country’s top customs official to shoot and kill drug smugglers in one of his most overt threats during a deadly four-year campaign that ...

Amid tensions in the South China Sea, NPR sat down with Philippines' Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro. He has accused China of "gutter talk" and "propaganda" in its territorial claims.

MANILA, Philippines — The governments of the Philippines and Hong Kong are completing a Customs cooperative arrangement aimed at addressing illicit trade. In a statement, the Department of ...