The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has set a new deadline for the delivery of the estimated 130,000 abandoned balikbayan boxes to ...

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 ...

I have never personally received a balikbayan box from abroad addressed to me, nor have I sent one home from abroad to myself (to, say, avoid airline excess baggage fees). But I have surely received ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) on Tuesday said it expects an increase in the shipping of foreign and domestic cargo during the holidays as Filipinos send balikbayan boxes home. PPA spokesperson ...

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has set a new deadline for the delivery of an estimated 130,000 abandoned balikbayan boxes to the ...

“Balikbayan” boxes are familiar sights in the homes of Filipinos with relatives who live or work in other countries. Sending balikbayan boxes—defined by the government as packages of personal effects ...