BOC, BIR flag lack of funds in fight vs cigarette smuggling, says DOF

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) flagged a supposed lack of funding to strengthen law enforcement efforts against cigarette smuggling, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). During a House of Representatives ways and means committee hearing on Tuesday, DOF Fiscal Policy and Monitoring Undersecretary Karlo Fermin Adriano said