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Tobacco tax up to P27.8 B in 2010

January 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Tax collections from tobacco products rose to P27.83 billion during the last quarter of the year, despite an impending eight percent excise tax increase on “sin items,” according to an official of the...

Business

Tobacco institute questions excise tax targets of government

September 16, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has questioned the facts and figures of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) that points to a lesser excise tax collection in 2011.

Business

Tobacco group says injunction vs DOH order is nationwide

August 25, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) said yesterday that the injunction secured by several cigarette manufacturers against the Department of Health’s administrative order requiring cigarette manufacturers...

Business

Manila prosecutor sacked for extortion

By Michael Punongbayan | August 9, 2010 - 12:00am

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal from government service of a Manila prosecutor who allegedly asked money from a lawyer in exchange for a favorable resolution in his client’s case.

Metro

Dahil sa 'kotong', piskal ng Maynila, dinismis ng Ombudsman

By Ni Angie dela Cruz | August 7, 2010 - 12:00am

Tuluyang dinismis sa ser­bisyo ng tanggapan ng Om­budsman ang isang piskal ng Maynila makaraang masukol ito sa isang entrapment ope­ration habang tumatanggap ng pera mula sa isang litigant na may nakabinbing  ...

PSN Metro

Tobacco group raps DOH on graphic health warning

May 30, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has criticized the Department of Health for misleading the public about an administrative order that requires local cigarette makers to print graphic health warnings on every...

Business

Tobacco industry cautions vs graphic health warnings

May 24, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) cautioned Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral against her plan to issue an administrative order to compel local cigarette manufacturers to put picture-based warnings on every...

Business

Scrutinize Sicpa claims

April 25, 2010 - 12:00am

Coffee shop kibitzers can’t help but talk about a recent statement made by Hans Schwab, director for institutional relationships of Swiss firm SICPA Product Security SA, who wondered aloud in a briefing with...

Business

Tobacco industry scores costly Sicpa tax stamp scheme

April 17, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to reject the costly tax stamp scheme of SICPA Products Security SA (SICPA) after an international body found the system...

Business

Tobacco institute wants next administration to tackle tax stamps

April 1, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to shelve its plan to implement an expensive tax stamp scheme, and let the next administration tackle the highly controversial...

Business