Legislators decried efforts to mislead the public about House Bill 11279—a measure aimed at combatting illicit trade and bolstering government revenues.
“We are looking forward...
The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) expressed its support for proposals in the House of Representatives to address rising illicit trade and declining tobacco tax...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has surpassed its tobacco excise tax collections target in February this year after Japan Tobacco International Philippines Inc. raised...
Significant increases in tobacco excise tax will exacerbate illicit cigarette trade, the Philippine Tobacco Institute told senators Monday.
PTI representative Carmen Herce, in a hearing...
Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson has denied allegations of misappropriation of the tobacco excise tax spent for supposed highly questionable infrastructure projects...
SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro—Tobacco farmers from this agricultural municipality have asked the government to give them their fair share of the tobacco excise tax.
The...
