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Bumper harvest of tobacco leaves

Tobacco farmers of Candon, Ilocos Sur are having a field day reaping and getting their prize leaves ready for the market.

Last harvest

Farmers harvest tobacco leaves in Agoo, La Union before the onset of the rainy season.

NTA assists 2,618 tobacco farmers

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said it provided assistance to 2,618 tobacco farmers in Northern Luzon affected by severe weather at the start of...

New law to protect livelihood of Filipino tobacco farmers

Filipino tobacco farmers, advocacy groups, business and political leaders welcomed the signing of the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, which aims to safeguard local livelihoods...

Bumper harvest

It is proving to be a good year for tobacco farmers of Sudipen town in La Union with bumper harvest and high buying rate...

WHO conference in Panama to affect livelihood of millions of tobacco farmers

PANAMA CITY—A group of tobacco farmers asked the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to include their livelihood among the topics...

Tobacco farmers ask gov’t to defend livelihood at WHO conference

Filipino tobacco farmers, encouraged by a government roadmap for expanded production and the emergence of less harmful cigarette alternatives, urged government delegates to advocate...

2 agriculture groups ask Duterte to save jobs by enacting vape bill

Two agriculture groups asked President Rodrigo Duterte to protect the livelihood of Filipino farmers and growers by approving the vape bill that will regulate...

Produce more tobacco, Lantion urges farmers

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya—Mayor Ralph Lantion has encouraged tobacco farmers here to produce more for their economic development. Lantion said the local government is getting P11...

Tobacco tax

Tobacco farmers trooped in front of the Senate gate to express their sentiments to the senators on the increase of excise tax in tobacco. 

Tobacco tax rallies

Tobacco farmers from the north rally in front of the Senate in Pasay City on Tuesday, Jan. 29, to oppose another excise tax being tackled...

Campaign promise

Right after filing his certificate of candidacy, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Zuriel Zaragoza (10th from left) poses with the province’s tobacco farmers in front...

Higher tobacco excise tax seen to hit farmers

Lawmakers from tobacco-growing provinces in Northern Luzon asked the Senate to study the negative impact of the government’s plan to raise anew the excise...

Mighty’s closure seen to hurt 55,000 tobacco farmers in PH

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos will be affected if the government makes good on its threat to close down homegrown tobacco company Mighty Corp.,...
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