Weak enforcement and government lapses, not high tobacco taxes, are the main drivers of the illicit cigarette trade in the Philippines, according to a...
Illicit cigarette trade erodes government revenues and threatens to increase smoking prevalence in the Philippines from the present 23 percent, a leader of the...
A former lawmaker called for deeper cooperation between the government and the private sector to once and for all eradicate, if not significantly reduce,...
Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. leads the agency’s first simultaneous nationwide trade enforcements against perpetrators of illicit cigarette trade, placing all...
