Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:47:27 +0000
Congress approved Tuesday a bill increasing the excise tax on tobacco products after President Rodrigo Duterte certified the measure as urgent.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 05:22:35 +0000
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian admitted on Sunday that if the bill on the tobacco tax hike would not be passed into third and final reading within this week, it may not be signed into law.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:53:04 +0000
Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has approved an ordinance that would regulate the use of e-cigarettes in the city.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:14:38 +0000
In anticipation of the signing of the Universal Health Care, Senator Pacquiao renewed his call to raise the excise tax on tobacco products.
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