MANILA, Philippines—The country’s health secretaries—past and present—are all solidly behind the drive to increase the sin taxes on tobacco products
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - Sen Ralph Recto resigned on Monday, October 15, as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Recto said h
Read MoreEt tu, Brute? The last words of Julius Ceasar to his friend Marcus Brutus as he confronted his assassins on the Ides of March reflected the sentime
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The tobacco industry players are perpetuating 5 lies about the impact of the proposed sin tax measure on the Philippine econom
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Read MoreMANILA, Philippines [UPDATED] - The Aquino administration welcomed the passing of an "amended" excise tax reform bill at the committee level of the
Read MoreAn amended version of the “sin” tax bill was approved yesterday by the House of Representatives ways and means committee, ending months of debate in
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The government expects to earn P60 billion a year from a bill seeking to restructure excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco produ
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government aims to boost annual revenue from tobacco and liquor taxes by as much as P139.33 billion ($3.3 billi
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