DHL Express Shipping to Philippines Warning

Shipping DHL express anything worth stealing to Philippines. I used Pack & Ship Express to ship gadgets like an IPad, IPhone, Perfume, shoes and some candies via DHL express. The Package has arrived in the Philippines on May 8th but the Bureau of Custom current quarantine protocols in the Philippines Bureau of Customs PH decided that the package falls on first time importers. A known scam article (https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/09/25/opinion/columns/dhl-conniving-with-boc-in-cheating-first-time-importers/1815942) DHL and BOC uses to steal DHL packages. Box landed in Cebu City, the receiver is in Iloilo City and BOC is in Manila. They made the receiver submit tons of paper works and despite all that, they marked the package as abandoned. Until now, it is still our headache and still no confirmation as to when they can deliver the package, it's been 2 months. Rule #1 we learned don't ship anything worth over $1000, you will need a shipping broker.