HOUSTON — Balikbayan boxes were invented more than 40 years ago when an influx of Filipino workers came to the United States. Now, they've become a cherished part of Filipino culture. The boxes ...

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 ...

U.S. immigrants use myriad ways to stay connected to their communities of origin and make a difference back home. Some follow the traditional path of sending cash and consumer goods back to relatives.

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 ...

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 ...

Initial investigation by authorities show that after 'consolidators' collect money from OFWs and ship them, 'deconsolidators' in the Philippines abandon the shipments MANILA, Philippines – Potentially ...

MANILA, Philippines — A resolution seeking to investigate the circumstances behind “balikbayan” boxes that never reached their destinations here in the Philippines and were abandoned in different ...

The total number of Balikbayan boxes that were shipped to the Philippines this year amid the coronavirus pandemic dipped by 5 to 10 percent compared to 2019, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino workers have been urged to claim 294 balikbayan boxes abandoned for almost 16 months in a Manila warehouse. The balikbayan boxes are stored at CFS warehouse at ...

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

It takes at least two months for a balikbayan box to make it to the Philippines in time for the holidays Pandemic or not, the spirit of Christmas prevails among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the ...