The Philippine National Police (PNP) is coordinating with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and other concerned government agencies in the disposal of multibillion-peso worth...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. has directed all chiefs of police to coordinate with local officials to intensify an information...
Authorities confiscated more than P1.1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested two individuals during an operation in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, on Saturday.
The Dagupan...
This is graphic robbery in broad daylight
RATHER disturbing, if frighteningly sad.
The government has lost P123.7 billion to smoke. Not to fire, but to cigarettes—smuggled,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have seized an estimated P25 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during an operation at sea off two island components of...
INTERCEPTED. Members of the Philippine Navy intercept a motorboat carrying P13.09 million worth of undocumented cigarettes off the coast of Sulu on August 5,...
"Nothing screams ‘transparency’ like a tobacco lobbyist rebranding as a democracy salesman"
IN THE Philippines’ grand tradition of ironic political appointments, President Marcos Jr. has...
Authorities intercepted a shipment of smuggled sugar and cigarettes worth nearly P90 million in Metro Manila, as the government enforces stronger crackdown on agricultural...
An Australian security expert asked the Philippine government to learn from his country’s policy mistakes involving excessive taxation on tobacco and vaping products.
“The annual...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has denounced the rampant illicit tobacco trade in the Philippines on Monday and demanded immediate action from law enforcement agencies.
Gatchalian pushed...
High excise taxes in the Philippines are pushing adult consumers to buy cheaper, illegal cigarettes and vapes, causing smoking rates to increase, industry players...
