LBC Express announces it has recorded over 600,000 deliveries worldwide as of the end of Q3 2025. The company is ...

If you’re waiting for a balikbayan box from Dubai, you may need to be a little more patient.Cargo shipments bound for the ...

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 freight forwarders group has warned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East of higher charges in sending balikbayan boxes to the Philippines due to War Risk Surcharges (WRS) charged by ...

MANILA, Philippines - With 70 percent of the balikbayan boxes arriving in the country during the Christmas season, the Bureau of Customs ((BOC) has come out with an online tracking system to help the ...

(Updated 7:27 p.m.) Commissioner Alberto Lina of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) will sign next week the new guidelines on the inspection of balikbayan boxes. The signing will take place on Wednesday, ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Monday it was recommending criminal charges against three cargo forwarding companies over complaints of undelivered “balikbayan” ...

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 ...

FOR the millions of Filipinos working and living abroad, the balikbayan box they send to their loved ones here in the country is not just a box full of canned goods, apparel or toys for their kids to ...