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                    [ArticleID] => 849374
                    [Title] => Party-list group front of tobacco industry?
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was asked yesterday by anti-tobacco group Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance (FCAP) to disqualify a party-list organization for allegedly being a front of the tobacco industry.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 786127 [Title] => Sin tax measure won't stop smuggling, says lawmaker [Summary] =>

The principal author of the Malacañang-backed “sin tax” bill said yesterday that smuggling of cigarettes will not be completely eradicated even if the proposed proposed unitary tax system for tobacco and liquor products would be fully implemented.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 786204 [Title] => Smuggling ng yosi magpapatuloy kahit may unitary tax system - Rep. Abaya [Summary] =>

Kahit na maipatupad ang panukalang “unitary tax system” sa mga produktong tabako at alak, magpapatuloy pa rin ang smuggling ng sigaril­yo sa bansa.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 785792 [Title] => Smuggled na yosi kalat na [Summary] =>

Nagkalat na umano sa bansa ang mga smuggled na sigarilyo na gawa pa mula sa mga katabing bansang Asya.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 782776 [Title] => No palace support, no new sin tax law - Suarez [Summary] =>

There will be no new law increasing taxes on the so-called “sin” products like cigarettes and liquor without a clear support from Malacañang, the leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 728276 [Title] => Uniform excise tax seen to push tobacco prices to record highs [Summary] =>

A cigarette manufacturer said yesterday that a uniform excise tax rate will push prices of its tobacco products to record highs, resulting in markedly lower sales and even lower revenue collections for the government.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 692688 [Title] => Cigarette firm backs 2 House bills adjusting excise tax rates [Summary] =>

The Cigarette Manufacturer Associated Anglo-American Tobacco Corp. (AAATC) has expressed support for two House bills seeking to adjust excise tax rates on tobacco products.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523011 [Title] => House panel stumped by high cost of tax stamp scheme [Summary] =>

Members of the powerful House ways and means committee expressed surprise when Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Deputy Commissioner Lilia Guillermo testified that the proposed plan to put tax stamps on tobacco and alcohol products will cost $394 million (P18 billion), up from $300 million (P14 billion) six months ago.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 522424 [Title] => Former chairman of House body bucks tax stamps [Summary] =>

The former chairman of the powerful House ways and means committee said he had rejected proposals from the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to put tax stamps on tobacco and alcohol products.

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