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MANILA, Philippines — The increase in the price of cigarettes has not discouraged Jerry Marso from smoking or made him consider reducing his two-pack-a-day tobacco consumption. Instead, the 61-year-old retired contractor who has been a smoker for…
A total of 1,634 contrabands were destroyed this morning, July 10 at the Cebu Provincial Drug Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) this morning. The contrabands were confiscated during a greyhound operation at CPDRC. Confiscated items include 1,519 packs of…
CIGARETTE tax stamp violators beware as the authorities are tightening their implementation of the sin tax law with their Thursday (May 18) raid in four stalls in the Carbon Public Market in Cebu City, yielding 10 master…
THE government has pushed back the rollout of new cigarette tax stamps with better security features as well as a new design to January next year. “We are improving it but we will be moving the deadline…
TAKE A BATH A BROADCASTER known for his wily sense of humor advised visitors of Bohol province who want to attend a town fiesta to always keep themselves smelling fresh and fragrant. “Aron di ka mastoryahan nga…
PENSIVE An official raised his eyebrow on a photo of himself in a newspaper which showed him being grilled during a public hearing. He said contrary to the photo’s caption, he wasn’t pensive at the time. “I…
A small, clear sachet containing what is believed to be shabu, was confiscated by officials inside the Operation Second Chance (OSC) on Thursday morning. The sachet was found concealed inside one of 349 packs of cigarettes that…
Cartons filled with the local cigarette brand Mighty Cigarettes that bore fake tax stamps have reached the port of Cebu and Tacloban cities. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized 400 cartons of Mighty Cigarettes with alleged fake…
CEBU CITY—The Bureau of Customs seized two 40-footer container vans which contained Mighty cigarettes that were believed to have fake tax stamps, at the Pier 4 here on Tuesday noon. The vans were unloaded from MV Don Alberto…
ONE LIFE TO LIVE An elderly city councilor was chatting with a couple of City Hall employees about the upcoming holiday feast. At one point, the employees advised the male councilor to go easy on his sugar…
Except for those very rare times when friends hand out a really good cigar, I don’t smoke. I grew up with weak lungs so I took seriously the doctor’s advice to never smoke. Yet somehow, I have…
Graphic warnings on cigarette packs will be changed by cigarette manufacturers within the year, the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) said over the weekend. Ligaya Moneva, DOH-7 education officer, said cigarette manufacturers asked the DOH-7 to give…
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