SinagLarawan Photo Contest returns this year with an evocative new theme and a renewed call to spotlight Filipino identity through photography. A project of JTI Philippines under its community investment program, SinagLarawan continues its mission to promote Filipino artistry, cultural...
The Philippine unit of global tobacco giant JT International (JTI) is eyeing further expansion to potentially manufacture reduced-risk products (RRPs) at its Batangas factory for export to more markets in the region and beyond. At present, the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Malvar,...
As regulations tighten and public spaces become increasingly smoke-free, the tobacco industry is pivoting its strategy, investing heavily in "next-generation" nicotine products. From heated tobacco to oral pouches, the goal is to satisfy adult consumer demand for nicotine while adapting to...
Stockholm, Sweden – JTI Philippines is optimistic about the prospects of its Nordic Spirit oral nicotine product, which offers adult consumers an alternative to combustible cigarettes. Karin Tan, JTI Philippines ' Reduced Risk Products (RRP) Category Director, stated that the Philippines is...
Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing, Inc. (PMPM) and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) lauded the Bureau of Customs (BOC) after the agency seized ₱83.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Bulacan. Last April 24, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International...
JTI Philippines has appointed Guilherme Silva as its new general manager, effective January 2025, to continue its growth trajectory in the domestic market. Silva, who previously served as the company's Marketing Director in 2011, brings a wealth of experience from various leadership roles within...
Tatsuya Shiga, who heads Japan Tobacco's (JT) Kansai factory in Kyoto, just a few weeks ago visited the cigarette giant's manufacturing plant in the Philippines. Speaking to Manila Bulletin after a media tour of the Kansai facility on Nov. 27, Tatsuya-san noted that the factory in Malvar, Batangas,...
The local unit of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) said the cigarette company would streamline operations and enhance working conditions across all its branches nationwide. In a statement, JTI Philippines said that its 38 branches in the country will undergo facelift, beginning with its new...
The purchasing of illegal cigarettes has increasingly become a normal behavior among adult smokers in the Philippines and three other countries, according to a study by Japan Tobacco International (JTI). Based on its study titled “Fighting the Dark Underworld,” which also included France, the...
A tobacco company said that ratifying the anti-agricultural economic sabotage bill will minimize the losses from the government’s revenues and farmers. Japan Tobacco International (JTI) said that the increasing illicit cigarette trade in the Philippines poses a significant threat to the...
JTI, world’s leading tobacco company, vowed its long-term commitment to the Philippines with the inauguration of its new office in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig to accommodate some 300 of its total workforce in the country. JT Group President and CEO Masamichi Terabatake led the formal...
Cigarette-maker JTI Philippines has been certified as Top Employer for 2023 marking the second time that it has received the prestigious national accreditation. John Freda, JTI general manager, said the certification cemented their reputation as a company where its people come first having been...
