The Philippines became a “net agriculture-importing” country. Industries such as the tile industry, Marikina shoe industry, foundry, tire manufacture and so on disappeared.

R'Bonney Gabriel recently went thrift shopping at various ukay-ukay stores in Cubao, Quezon City. In her latest YouTube vlog, ...

HAVE you ever tried thrift shopping at the “ukay-ukay”? The idea of buying used clothes from God knows where didn’t appeal to me until one day before the pandemic when a light just switched on in my ...

The law, however, was enacted in 1966 – years before the rise of ukay-ukay in the Philippines. Despite this, the industry of selling used clothes in the Philippines is not particularly hidden ...

Almost all ukay-ukay shops around the Philippines have that distinct look: walls and floors either tiled or baring cement, fluorescent tube lamps, handwritten signages for prices, ...

About fifteen years ago (2010), there were some insinuations (should we say, proposal) to legalize the trade of “ukay-ukay” (second-hand garments and goods). It didn’t gain traction at all ...

MANILA, Philippines — Recognizing the promising "ukay-ukay" (used clothing) market, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda believed it is time to take action to repeal the law banning ...

I appeal to our lawmakers, please do not legalize ukay-ukay. I also call on our government executives, from the Bureau of Customs to the regulators, law enforcers, and local government units, to ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intensified monitoring of the shipment of animals and other products from China, including used clothes popularly known as ukay-ukay, as ...

MANILA, Philippines — It is time that the government revisits the law prohibiting the import of used clothes, locally known as “ukay-ukay, ” said Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, incoming ...