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[Title] => Pacman is still a living legend
[Summary] => After Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez knocked out Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao in the 6th round forcing Pacman to drop and Marquez winning the fight, the Philippines was filled with the deafening silence of all Pacquiao supporters.
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[Title] => Reactivation of food processing plant pressed
[Summary] => With food prices increasing due to the 12-percent expanded value added tax (EVAT), Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban is pushing for the immediate reactivation of a big food processing plant in Ilocos Sur because of its "potential" in helping stabilize food prices.
Panganiban, who is leading efforts to maintain food prices at affordable levels, joined Ilocos tobacco farmers in their appeal for the release of the P300-million tobacco fund that will be utilized for the operation of the plant.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => Tobacco raising far from being a dying industry — farmers’ groups
[Summary] => NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur– Two big groups of tobacco farmers have come forward to deny allegations claiming that tobacco raising is a dying industry.
Leaders of the Philippine Association of Tobacco-based Cooperatives(PATCO) and the Buklod ng mga Manggagawa ng Tabako (BUMANAT) said, that on the contrary, the tobacco industry is "very much strong and alive."
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[Title] => Tobacco farmers expect good income this year
[Summary] => The nation’s tobacco farmers are in a jubilant mood these days for the high prices their produce have been posting since trading began two weeks ago.
Carlos Cachola, president of the Philippine Association of Tobacco Cooperatives (PATCO), the umbrella organization of tobacco growers’ cooperatives in the country, said farmers are having a grand time selling their leaf harvest with the buying prices way above the declared floor prices.
He said the prevailing prices are higher by up to 45 percent over the floor prices especially for the Virginia type of tobacco.
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[Title] => Application of proper technology seen to save ailing tobacco sector
[Summary] => Tobacco farmers and the business sector represented by leaf buyers have agreed that the application of proper agricultural technologies would guarantee high quality production and the survival of the ailing tobacco industry.
This came up at the end of the 2-day Tobacco Summit conference organized by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) last week.
The summit was also attended by officials of government financing institutions and support agencies whose varying fields of expertise are needed by the farmers.
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[Title] => NTA board nixes ‘Siapno ruling’
[Summary] => The board of directors of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) chaired by Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo has nullified the controversial Siapno "ruling" that had allegedly triggered massive importations of leaf tobacco and tobacco products.
Earlier, the Philippine Association of Tobacco-Based Cooperatives (PATCO) submitted a petition to Lorenzo bewailing the importations which it said left much of the local tobacco produce to waste and farmers flat broke for lack of buyers.
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[Title] => Farmers back former NTA head
[Summary] => NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – The country’s federation of tobacco farmers’ cooperatives yesterday welcomed reports that former Administrator Carlitos Encarnacion of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) is set to return to his old post that he vacated several months ago.
Carlos Cachola, president of the Philippine Association of Tobacco Farmers’ Cooperatives (PATCO), at the same time, urged President Arroyo to cause Encarnacion’s immediate takeover of the tobacco agency which he said is saddled with many problems.
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[Title] => Tobacco farmers hail GMA
[Summary] => Tobacco farmers have expressed gratitude to what they described as President Arroyo’s quick response to their appeal for relief from the order of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) increasing by 400 percent the excise tax on new brands of cigarettes.
BIR Revenue Regulation 22-2003 has been the subject of a temporary restraining order issued by the courts.
In a letter to President Arroyo, the Philippine Association of Tobacco-Based Cooperatives (PATCO) is asking that the order be suspended for at least two tobacco seasons.
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[Title] => Farmers buck hike in cigarette taxes
[Summary] => VIGAN CITY — A group of tobacco farmers have issued an appeal to President Arroyo to suspend the implementation of a Bureau of Internal Revenue regulation raising the level of excise taxes on certain brands of cigarettes.
The Philippine Association of Tobacco Based Cooperatives (PATCO) assailed BIR Regulation No. 22-2003 as "counter-productive." The tax regulation increased the tax rates of medium-blend cigarettes from P1.12 to P5.60 per pack in some brands and P8.96 to P13.44 per pack in others.
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[Title] => Ilocos tobacco growers score Dayrit
[Summary] => VIGAN CITY — A large group of tobacco farmers has declared Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit as Public Enemy No. 1 of the tobacco industry and urged President Arroyo to replace him.
The farmers’ declaration was an offshoot of a controversial memorandum of the Health Secretary who called on Department of Health officials throughout the country to "prevent tobacco industry participation" in their various activities.
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[Title] => Pacman is still a living legend
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[Summary] => With food prices increasing due to the 12-percent expanded value added tax (EVAT), Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban is pushing for the immediate reactivation of a big food processing plant in Ilocos Sur because of its "potential" in helping stabilize food prices.
Panganiban, who is leading efforts to maintain food prices at affordable levels, joined Ilocos tobacco farmers in their appeal for the release of the P300-million tobacco fund that will be utilized for the operation of the plant.
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[Title] => Tobacco raising far from being a dying industry — farmers’ groups
[Summary] => NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur– Two big groups of tobacco farmers have come forward to deny allegations claiming that tobacco raising is a dying industry.
Leaders of the Philippine Association of Tobacco-based Cooperatives(PATCO) and the Buklod ng mga Manggagawa ng Tabako (BUMANAT) said, that on the contrary, the tobacco industry is "very much strong and alive."
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[Title] => Tobacco farmers expect good income this year
[Summary] => The nation’s tobacco farmers are in a jubilant mood these days for the high prices their produce have been posting since trading began two weeks ago.
Carlos Cachola, president of the Philippine Association of Tobacco Cooperatives (PATCO), the umbrella organization of tobacco growers’ cooperatives in the country, said farmers are having a grand time selling their leaf harvest with the buying prices way above the declared floor prices.
He said the prevailing prices are higher by up to 45 percent over the floor prices especially for the Virginia type of tobacco.
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[Title] => Application of proper technology seen to save ailing tobacco sector
[Summary] => Tobacco farmers and the business sector represented by leaf buyers have agreed that the application of proper agricultural technologies would guarantee high quality production and the survival of the ailing tobacco industry.
This came up at the end of the 2-day Tobacco Summit conference organized by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) last week.
The summit was also attended by officials of government financing institutions and support agencies whose varying fields of expertise are needed by the farmers.
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[Title] => NTA board nixes ‘Siapno ruling’
[Summary] => The board of directors of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) chaired by Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo has nullified the controversial Siapno "ruling" that had allegedly triggered massive importations of leaf tobacco and tobacco products.
Earlier, the Philippine Association of Tobacco-Based Cooperatives (PATCO) submitted a petition to Lorenzo bewailing the importations which it said left much of the local tobacco produce to waste and farmers flat broke for lack of buyers.
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[Title] => Farmers back former NTA head
[Summary] => NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – The country’s federation of tobacco farmers’ cooperatives yesterday welcomed reports that former Administrator Carlitos Encarnacion of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) is set to return to his old post that he vacated several months ago.
Carlos Cachola, president of the Philippine Association of Tobacco Farmers’ Cooperatives (PATCO), at the same time, urged President Arroyo to cause Encarnacion’s immediate takeover of the tobacco agency which he said is saddled with many problems.
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BIR Revenue Regulation 22-2003 has been the subject of a temporary restraining order issued by the courts.
In a letter to President Arroyo, the Philippine Association of Tobacco-Based Cooperatives (PATCO) is asking that the order be suspended for at least two tobacco seasons.
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[Title] => Farmers buck hike in cigarette taxes
[Summary] => VIGAN CITY — A group of tobacco farmers have issued an appeal to President Arroyo to suspend the implementation of a Bureau of Internal Revenue regulation raising the level of excise taxes on certain brands of cigarettes.
The Philippine Association of Tobacco Based Cooperatives (PATCO) assailed BIR Regulation No. 22-2003 as "counter-productive." The tax regulation increased the tax rates of medium-blend cigarettes from P1.12 to P5.60 per pack in some brands and P8.96 to P13.44 per pack in others.
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[Title] => Ilocos tobacco growers score Dayrit
[Summary] => VIGAN CITY — A large group of tobacco farmers has declared Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit as Public Enemy No. 1 of the tobacco industry and urged President Arroyo to replace him.
The farmers’ declaration was an offshoot of a controversial memorandum of the Health Secretary who called on Department of Health officials throughout the country to "prevent tobacco industry participation" in their various activities.
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