DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P2.1 million were intercepted at the Barangay Sirawan checkpoint in Toril District here before dawn Sunday, July 17. DAVAO City police seized 4,250 reams of smuggled cigarettes worth P2.1 million at the Sirawan checkpoint in Toril District Sunday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P3.8-million worth of smuggled cigarettes loaded inside a vehicle were intercepted by authorities in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Sunday, July 3. 109 boxes of smuggled cigarettes were seized from a utility vehicle in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur last Sunday, July 3. (Photo...
Rising artist Zachary Knowles is primed and ready to share his first release of 2022, “Cigarettes,” out now via Fader Label. The song is upbeat by nature and offers a more grungy, distorted take on Zach’s pop aesthetics, with a guitar-lead melody and catchy lyrics. The fresh up & comer...
The Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) has seized P9.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from a fishing boat traversing the waters of Manalipa, Zamboanga City, authorities reported Friday, June 24. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga) The BOC-POZ, through its...
A vape and e-cigarette advocates organization on Thursday, May 5 called for the immediate passage of the so-called "Vape Bill." Members of the Vapers Alliance (MANILA BULLETIN) The Vapers Alliance (VA)--an organization of 3,500 vape and e-cigarette stakeholders, according to their Facebook...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Zamboanga port led the destruction of some P110-million worth of smuggled cigarettes outside the Customs warehouse in Zamboanga City on Thursday, May 5. BOC Zamboanga port collector Sigmundfreud Segundo Barte Jr. said the contraband is composed of 3,110...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P14-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized in Barangay Culianan, Zamboanga City on Sunday, May 1. The smuggled cigarettes in 400 boxes were on board a ten wheeler truck which the military and police Intelligence operatives intercepted along the Maria Clara Lobregat...
The Philippine government is losing about P26 billion in taxes every year due to illicit cigarettes, a House lawmaker said. During the Combating Illicit Tobacco Trade webinar on Thursday, April 7, PBA Party-list Rep. Jericho Jonas B. Nograles said that based on the Euromonitor International report,...
Police arrested a woman for allegedly selling fake cigarettes in Navotas City on Monday, April 4. Lt. Col. Jay Dimaandal, Nothern Police District (NPD) Special Operations Unit (DSOU) chief, identified the suspect as Olivia Olarte, 44, an online seller and a resident of Brgy. Daanghari, Navotas...
BAGUIO CITY – City government officials led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong witnessed the crushing of 89.5 kilos of cigarettes worth P870,000 during flag-raising rites at the City Hall on Monday, Feb. 28. Magalong, who chairs the Baguio City Smoke-Free Task Force, said the cigarettes were confiscated...
A massive warehouse in Nueva Ecija with the size of five basketball courts was raided recently by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for illegally operating as a printing facility for counterfeit cigarette labels and packaging materials. In a statement, the BIR Tobacco Strike Team said the...
The recent Senate ratification of the reconciled version of House Bill No. 9007 and Senate Bill No. 2237 that seeks to regulate the use and sale of vaporized nicotine products (VNP) or e-cigarettes has put the Philippines one step closer to helping the country’s smokers properly switch away from...
