The Bureau of Customs (BOC) stood firm on Thursday that the almost 1,000 boxes of anti-retroviral drugs for people carrying the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) would only be released if the Department of Health (DOH) submitted required documents and paid duties and taxes on imported products.

If the DOH complied, it could have the drugs after only “several hours,” BOC spokeswoman Charo Logarta said.

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