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The Bureau of Customs will temporarily transfer its head office to the new One Pacific by the Bay building located along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City
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BOC will make the transfer in a few months time and will be there for three to four years while a new office building for the agency is designed and constructed
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A 172.34 square meter office space will also be allotted as the headquarters of BOC’s Customs Industry Consultative and Advisory Council
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The Office of the Commissioner building in Manila South Harbor that will be vacated will then be occupied by the BOC-Port of Manila
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will temporarily transfer its head office to the new One Pacific by the Bay building located along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City.
BOC will make the transfer in a few months time and will be there for three to four years while a new office building for the agency is designed and constructed, Customs commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno announced during the 6th Customs Industry Consultative and Advisory Council (CICAC) general assembly and 12th Central CICAC meeting on August 6.
A 172.34 square meter office space will also be allotted as the headquarters of CICAC, a consultative body with industry groups to enlist their support and active participation in advancing the reform agenda of the bureau. It also aims to help in addressing existing and potential issues related to Customs and industry matters.
The Office of the Commissioner building in Manila South Harbor that will be vacated will then be occupied by BOC-Port of Manila (POM) officials and employees, who are currently using a temporary facility following the fire in the previous POM building in 2019.
Nepomuceno said there are two proposals for the location of the new BOC building, one of which is an area beside the Philippine Ports Authority head office along Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor.
In 2025, then Customs commissioner Bienvenido Rubio also unveiled plans to construct a new main office building for BOC in Manila as “part of the agency’s image building initiative and to improve working conditions for employees and stakeholders.”— Roumina Pablo
