{"id":18449,"date":"2026-01-25T03:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18449"},"modified":"2026-01-25T03:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:07:29","slug":"boc-vows-to-deliver-abandoned-balikbayan-boxes-to-families-of-ofws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/boc-vows-to-deliver-abandoned-balikbayan-boxes-to-families-of-ofws\/","title":{"rendered":"BOC VOWS TO DELIVER ABANDONED BALIKBAYAN BOXES TO FAMILIES OF OFWs"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Bu<\/strong>reau of Customs (BOC) is looking to deliver thousands of “balikbayan” boxes abandoned in a Manila port to the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in two months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno issued the statement during the \u00a0inspection of more than 100 container vans loaded with balikbayan boxes at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Nepomuceno, some of the balikbayan boxes have been at the port for several months, even more than two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The boxes contain food items and personal effects, among others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nepomuceno said they are also coordinating with the Department of Migrant Workers for the release of the container vans to forwarders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BOC conducted the inspection of the abandoned balikbayan boxes along with the National Bureau of Investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the inspection, Nepomuceno announced that the BOC will suspend the privileges of at least 11 deconsolidators who abandoned the balikbayan boxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He emphasized that these companies will no longer be allowed to transact business with the BOC, ensuring that they cannot engage in handling balikbayan boxes in the future. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will hold them accountable for the mistakes or for abandoning their obligations to our OFWs,\u201d \u00a0he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved the release of the fund for the door-to-door delivery of the packages to their rightful owners nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For updates, the BOC advised the public to access https:\/\/customs.gov.ph\/home\/overseas-filipino-worker-ofw\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is looking to deliver thousands of “balikbayan” boxes abandoned in a Manila port to the families of overseas Filipino workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t.png",1036,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-300x185.png",300,185,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-768x474.png",640,395,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-1024x633.png",640,396,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t.png",1036,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t.png",1036,640,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t.png",1036,640,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-1024x633.png",1024,633,true],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-720x530.png",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/q0mtzw1t-350x350.png",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"National<\/a>","tag_info":"National","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18451,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18449\/revisions\/18451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}