DTI Assistant Secretary Amanda Nograles answering questions from reporters in Makati City (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Vape products that are unable to register for a Philippine Standard (PS) license or an Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) will no...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson "Jay" Khonghun (PPAB) House Assistant Majority Leader and Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson "Jay" Khonghun has expressed support for President Marcos’ directive to strengthen efforts against the smuggling of...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) announced that it will begin confiscating vape products lacking tax stamps starting in June and will enforce legal consequences on individuals caught with these items. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. said that vape manufacturers and...
(Unsplash) AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes says the mandate of regulating vape products must be transferred from Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Reyes made this...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has announced a new requirement for tax stamps to be affixed on all vape products sold in the country. Effective June 1, 2024, the BIR's Revenue Memorandum Circular 59-2024 mandated the use of 4th Generation Internal Revenue Stamps on vapor products. The...
Senator Christopher "Bong Go" is looking forward to the full and faithful implementation of the policy on graphic health warnings (GHWs) on vape products or vapes. The agency has already urged manufacturers, importers, distributors, and sellers to comply with the upcoming enforcement of GHWs on...
Electronic cigarettes or vape worth P151.1 million in taxes were seized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in three warehouses in Manila City and Rizal province. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. reported that a total of 63,139 units of illegal vape products that have...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Fair-Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), reported it has sealed or pulled out uncertified various products worth more than P6 million year to date. From January to March 15, 2024, the DTI said it has already cracked down a total of 28,750...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, March 10 has expressed his support to the government’s plan to ban the sale of disposable vapes in the country, saying the unregulated sale of these products especially in the online market has a detrimental effect to young Filipinos. Go,...
Senator Pia Cayetano has expressed her full support to the government’s plan to ban disposable vapes in the country . Sen. Pia Cayetano (Senate PRIB Photo) “Yes, I support the banning of disposable vapes. Number one, vapes are very dangerous,” Cayetano said in an interview...
Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) inspect one of the Malabon warehouses that yielded illegal imported e-cigarettes or vapes from China. A combined worth of P3.72 billion smuggled electric cigarettes or vapes were discovered...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said it is now closely monitoring the vape industry following a successful enforcement action against a “big-fish” for tax evasion. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. said the agency had won the case against vape seller Tap Fog and its conspirator before...
