MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 084
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
P15.00
SM Supermalls nationwide offers faster GCash scan-to-pay payments By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan
GCash president and CEO. Since 2019, GCash has been in partnership with SM to make customers’ shopping experience and transactions safer, faster, and easier with cash in, cash out, and scan-to-pay options. They had also previously enabled scan-to-pay options via static QR codes and terminals, which are still available for customers to choose from. With its partnership with GCash, SM has also proven itself a strong proponent of a more cash-lite society highlighted by the National Strategy on Financial Inclusion of the Bangko Sentral
I
n response to the call of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for the digitalization of payments for safer and more efficient transactions, SM Supermalls, has partnered with GCash, the country’s no. 1 financial app, to enable GCash QR payments across all SM malls nationwide, including supermarkets, food and retail merchants as well as services such as cinema and parking, among others.
Through this partnership, GCash scan-to-pay transactions via fast and efficient QR payment options are now available across SM malls. “Shopping for food and essentials and other items in the new normal has changed for many. More than ever, customers value safety, ef-
ficiency, and convenience. This is what GCash aims to provide Filipinos through our valued partnership with SM in line with our vision of financial inclusion for all. We are excited to collaborate with SM to offer a safe shopping experience to millions of Filipinos nationwide,” said Martha Sazon,
See GCASH, page 11
P63M smuggled frozen goods from HK, China seized in Manila port By Ferdinand Patinio MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday reported the seizure of PHP63 million worth of smuggled frozen foods contained in shipments that recently arrived from Hong Kong and China at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS)-MICP re-
ceived information about two containers from Hong Kong and two containers from China declared to have thousands of kilograms of frozen prawn balls. Each container was alleged to contain PHP15.75 million worth of misdeclared goods. “But in reality, these four containers contained other frozen foods that the consignees did not declare in their manifest. I have personally expressed my confidence to the team,
and thanked them for their relentless pursuit of these smugglers. We are simply complying with the directive of our President to continue our drive against the smuggling of agricultural products and protecting our markets and the prices of our products,” Ruiz said. Customs Deputy Commissioner Juvymax Uy said the agency issued two Alert Orders (AOs) against the Victory JM Enterprise OPC, the importer of two containers from Hong Kong,
both declared as containing 25,000 kilograms of frozen prawn balls that arrived on Nov. 17. But upon inspection, the first container had frozen tofu, chicken paws, and boneless beef, while the second container also had frozen tofu, Vietnamese suckling pig, and beancurd skin. Meanwhile, two more AOs were issued on two containers that arrived from China on Nov. 18. See FROZEN, page 11
BUSTED. Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) foil an attempt to smuggle into the country frozen chicken, meat, and prawn balls worth PHP63 million. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday (Dec. 5, 2022) said the misdeclared shipments containing smuggled frozen goods from Hong Kong and China were intercepted on Nov. 17 and 18. (Photo courtesy of BOC)