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

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 ...

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 ...

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has assured the public of the secure and safe delivery of all balikbayan boxes sent by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to their families for the Christmas season. Customs ...

U.S. students may be counting the days until summer break, but Lody Steward's nieces and nephews in the Philippines are prepping for their school's start in June. That's why one of her balikbayan ...

TWENTY-ONE shipping containers of abandoned balikbayan boxes of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be processed this week so they could finally be delivered to the workers’ families. In a social ...

MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have received their balikbayan boxes after a long wait. The balikbayan boxes are among shipments abandoned and left undelivered by freight ...

FINANCE Secretary Frederick D. Go ordered the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to expedite the clearance and delivery of balikbayan boxes to the families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). In a statement on ...

MANILA, Philippines — A quick-response code allowing overseas Filipino workers and their families to track the deliveries of balikbayan boxes has been released by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). About ...

We bring you a story from producer Elizabeth Santos, who traces the roots of one Filipino tradition, balikbayan boxes, to a complicated history while exploring a personal family mystery.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is pushing to release undelivered balikbayan boxes of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) before ...