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Eastern Samar cops relieved over drinking

Seventeen police personnel, including a chief of police, were relieved from their posts over an alleged drinking session inside a police station in Eastern...

Sari-sari stores’ sales of liquor, cigarettes fell in 2024—study

Sari-sari stores, or the neighborhood mom-and-pop stores, saw Filipinos feeling the brunt of the increasing prices of cigarettes and alcohol in 2024. This is the...

Sin tax coalition

Doctors, medical professionals, and health advocates gather at the Lung Center of the Philippines Auditorium in Quezon City to call on 2025 election candidates...

2.6 million die annually due to alcohol, World Health Organization reports

Geneva, Switzerland—Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped...

Study says Filipinos spend an average of P800 on sari-sari stores each month

Filipinos spend an average of P800 a month on sari-sari stores, with alcohol and tobacco getting the bulk of their budget. The consumer habit study...

S. Arabia megacity project flirts with major taboo: alcohol

By Talek Harris and Rania Sanjar RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia’s futuristic NEOM city has not ruled out allowing alcohol, a senior official told AFP on...

Swap for food: Russian bootleg liquor kills 34

Moscow—Authorities in central Russia said Sunday they are offering food in exchange for alcohol, after 34 people died from drinking bootleg liquor containing highly...

PECIA welcomes the opportunity to provide inputs on proposed floor price policy for vapor products

The Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA), which counts around 200 active members that comprise major players in the local e-cigarette market, participated in the...

Hi-tech cleansing

Dasmarinas City Cavite Mayor Jenny Austria-Barzaga demonstrates how to use a computerized temperature scanner and alcohol dispenser machine that will be placed at city...

How to disinfect your car

What’s the best way to disinfect your vehicle to help stop the spread of COVID-19? The U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says...

South Africa to lift alcohol sales ban for home consumption from June

  South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said a controversial ban on the sale of alcohol would be lifted for home consumption when the...

Mexicans dying from adulterated alcohol as beer runs dry

Scores of Mexicans are dying from drinking adulterated liquor, a consequence of the shortage of mainstream alcoholic beverages during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities say. The...

More food

Antipolo City officials distribute food and refill alcohol bottles in a community at Barangay San Luis, Antipolo on Thursday morning.

Russian alcohol consumption down

Moscow"•Russia might still have a reputation as a nation of hard drinkers, but a report by the World Health Organization published Tuesday showed alcohol...
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