OFWs sent more than $2.5 billion back to the Philippines in 2020. Hundreds of balikbayan boxes are collected in Forex Cargo’s Springfield, Virginia, headquarters. (Courtesy Forex) Forex Cargo ...

Yalong said the almost 50 cargo companies shipping balikbayan boxes to the Philippines are currently in the process of forming an alliance under the Philippine Business Council to ensure that all ...

But cargo balikbayan boxes are not mere cardboard boxes. They contain, not only an assortment of items—from disposable diapers and towels to signature bags and watches, name it—for those back home.

“We wish to remind OFWs to send their balikbayan boxes only through freight forwarding companies accredited by the DTI. "This is to ensure that they are not dealing with “fly by night” cargo ...

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 ...

BOC personnel are no longer allowed to randomly or arbitrarily open balikbayan boxes so inspections will be done through x-ray scanning. The BOC follows a risk management system where cargo risk ...

Cargo ships could also be prevented from disembarking due to the virus. Angelo says that rules for which items are allowed inside a balikbayan box remain the same. "Anything flammable or requiring ...

Approximately 2,954 abandoned “balikbayan” boxes are set to be sent to Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) regional offices ...

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has coordinated with a group of private forwarders for the delivery of the abandoned "balikbayan" ...

The DMW and BOC-Port of Davao are investigating and returning nearly 3,000 abandoned balikbayan boxes to OFWs, many from ...

The balikbayan boxes are stored at CFS warehouse at 2657 Old Panaderos street in Sta. Ana, Manila. Boxes reportedly consigned to Mediacom Express Cargo and Pinoy Network Cargo WLL arrived from ...

MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were victims of a balikbayan box scam are getting financial assistance from the Department of Migrant Workers. The DMW said P30,000 ...