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Illicit trade: How can we nip it in the bud?

By Venice Isabelle Rañosa | November 18, 2023 - 4:33pm

The unprecedented growth of the digital economy, fueled by pandemic-induced lockdowns in recent years, has significantly broadened...

News Commentary

SB1812 vs smuggling, suportado ng mga magsasaka

By Mer Layson | March 3, 2023 - 12:00am

Suportado ng isang malaking grupo ng mga magsasaka ang panukala ni Sen. Lito Lapid na amyen­dahan ang kasalukuyang batas laban sa smuggling sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalawak sa sakop nito at pagpapataw ng mas mabigat...

Bansa

‘Tobacco exports keeping industry alive’

By Delon Porcalla | March 31, 2019 - 12:00am

Exports of quality-grade Philippine tobacco have resuscitated the barely surviving industry that has been hit hard by the...

Headlines

Long past deadline to change crops, farmers still stuck with tobacco

By Jake Soriano | August 14, 2018 - 4:57pm

Since 2016, tobacco-producing cities and towns have received more than a billion pesos each in excise tax shares to improve...

Headlines

Tobacco farmers get P210-M assistance

April 8, 2018 - 12:00am

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) has provided P210 million worth of assistance to tobacco farmers in Ilocos to produce about 6.5 million kilograms of cured tobacco this year.

Agriculture

Graphic Health Warning compliance on cigarettes awaits IRR

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | February 3, 2016 - 9:00am

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)  says it cannot compel tobacco firms to roll out cigarette packs bearing health...

Business

Government hikes prices of tobacco leaves

October 9, 2015 - 10:00am

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) has approved higher minimum buying prices for native, Virginia and Burley tobacco for trading years 2016 to 2017.

Business

Government sets new buying prices for tobacco leaf

August 29, 2015 - 10:00am

The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) would set next month the new buying prices for various tobacco leaf grades that would be used for trading years 2016 to 2017.

Agriculture

PMFTC ramps up Virginia tobacco production

By Ted P. Torres | August 8, 2015 - 10:00am

Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) aims to boost the capacity of its  facility here to  four million kilos annually in the next two to three years.

Agriculture

FPI urges Congress to probe cigarette firm’s biz practices

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | November 25, 2014 - 12:00am

The Federation of Philippine Industries has renewed calls for Senate and Congress to look into alleged cases of tax evasion and smuggling by homegrown cigarette firm Mighty Corp.

Business