balikbayan boxes

by Paul Garilao, ABS-CBN News PENSACOLA, FL — Some Filipinos have been searching for their missing balikbayan boxes for over a year now. They filled these balikbayan boxes with items and gifts for their loved-ones in...

Filipino families across several southern states continue to search for missing balikbayan boxes that were allegedly lost by a South Carolina-based cargo company. In part three of this special report, Lenn Almadin Thornhill tells us how...

Filipino families across several southern states continue to search for missing balikbayan boxes that were allegedly lost by a South Carolina-based cargo company. In part two of this special report, Lenn Almadin Thornhill tells us what...

ATLANTA, GA — On this rainy may afternoon in Atlanta, these families became allies for one reason. They are all looking for their missing balikbayan boxes. “We’re trying to organize and figure what we can do...

by Cheryl Piccio ABS-CBN News HOUSTON, TX — A new set of rules on Balikbayan boxes, the Philippines Customs Administrative Order, took effect on August 1. The new law updates many of the provisions of the old Balikbayan box...

They’ve waited for months. and now, dozens of kababayans on the East Coast are joining forces against a cargo company they say has failed to fulfill its obligations. Don Tagala tells us more....Read More

NEW YORK –  Some Filipinos are fighting back against a cargo company that has not been able to deliver their balikbayan boxes to their loved ones in the Philippines. Now the new owner of the company is asking...

MANILA – The Philippine Senate has approved the proposal to increase the tax exemption for balikbayan boxes from P10,000 to P150,000. We find out what this means for OFWs and their families in this report.  ...Read More

By Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News MANILA – What overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families have been waiting for finally came straight from the mouth of Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Alberto Lina. Lina’s apology came...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Four times a year, Filipina migrant worker Grace Laban sends her husband, mother, and three siblings balikbayan boxes full of canned food, toiletries and other necessities. All she wants is to give...