Senator Juan Edgardo Angara has asked the Department of Finance (DOF) to “immediately” intervene as he and the Bureau of Customs clashed over the correct interpretation of the Balikbayan Box law. The senator made the request as he stood by his stand that Customs Administrative Order No. 5-2016, which only allows duty and tax-free Balikbayan boxes per sender in any given calendar year provided they do not exceed P150,000, was a misinterpretation of the Balikbayan box law. […]