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 — Overseas Filipino workers have been urged to claim 294 balikbayan boxes abandoned for almost 16 months in a Manila warehouse. The balikbayan boxes are stored at CFS warehouse at ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — A resolution seeking to investigate the circumstances behind “balikbayan” boxes that never reached their destinations here in the Philippines and were abandoned in different ...

Initial investigation by authorities show that after 'consolidators' collect money from OFWs and ship them, 'deconsolidators' in the Philippines abandon the shipments MANILA, Philippines – Potentially ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is moving to expedite the release of balikbayan packages that were not delivered to their intended recipients. The BOC and the Manila International ...

It takes at least two months for a balikbayan box to make it to the Philippines in time for the holidays Pandemic or not, the spirit of Christmas prevails among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the ...

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

It is quite natural for Filipinos abroad to send a balikbayan box as gifts for friends and family in the Philippines. But some Filipinos in Western Australia are worried about their balikbayan boxes ...