In a united effort to tackle the growing prevalence of vaping and smoking among Filipino youth and adults, the Department of Health (DOH), alongside the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), emphasized the challenges associated with quitting vaping compared to smoking, highlighting the addictive...
Hundreds of illegally imported cigarette master cases worth an astounding P27.6 million was intercepted in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs said in a report. Agents from the Customs’ water, police, and intelligence divisions led a maritime operation on Jan. 26 that led to the seizure of a...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police confiscated fake cigarettes valued at P1.6 million from two individuals in an entrapment operation on Thursday morning, January 11, in Barangay San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas. COUNTERFEIT cigarettes worth P1.6 million were seized on Thursday morning in Rosario,...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) A ranking solon wants giant online marketplace Lazada to stop its vendors from selling Flava, the e-cigarette brand that's currently in hot water for an alleged P728-million tax evasion case. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Customs destroyed smuggled cigarettes worth P323 million in warehouse here on Thursday, November 30. ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe and Bureau of Customs Port of Zamboanga District Collector Arthur Sevilla during the destruction of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The calls to hold an investigation on the discovery of P1.428 billion worth of alleged illegal electronic e-cigarette products within a Valenzuela City warehouse are beginning to snowball in the...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has seized illicit cigarettes in Davao region as part of its intensified efforts to apprehend unscrupulous traders and smugglers. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. said the bureau has successfully seized 717 master cases, equivalent to 358,500 packs, of...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The House Committee on Ways and Means will soon hold an inquiry on what could end up as a P728-million tax evasion case involving the e-cigarette label FLAVA. This was announced Friday afternoon, Nov. 10...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said the agency has seized a wooden boat loaded with smuggled imported cigarettes in Maasin, Zamboanga City's waters. Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said a joint operation between the Port of Zamboanga and the Philippine National Police resulted in the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth more than P8 million were seized in this city on Monday, November 6. The Zamboanga 2nd Mobile Force Company and the Bureau of Customs were conducting seaborne patrol in the sea in Barangay Maasin when they spotted a motorized boat or “jungkong”...
An inspection in a warehouse in Valenzuela City led to the discovery of P1.43 billion worth of e-cigarettes or vapes believed to be illegal, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Saturday, Oct. 28. Authorities from the BOC and enforcement agencies during the inspection Friday yielded some 14,000...
Over P24.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized in the city of Zamboanga, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported Friday, Oct. 27. During a joint operation, members of the BOC Port of Zamboanga and other units intercepted a motorized wooden boat bearing the marks “MB UTOH MAT MAT”...
