Sen. Pia Cayetano on Tuesday urged parents to discourage children from picking up e-cigarette use, following the passage of a new “sin” tax law imposing higher taxes and tougher regulations on these devices. Cayetano said she had pushed for higher taxes on...
A rally to raise excise taxes on alcohol and electronic cigarettes greeted lawmakers Monday morning as the Senate resumed session after a one month recess. The National Sin Tax Coalition conducted the rally to Sen. Pia Cayetano’s Senate Bill 1074 which seeks...
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a bill hiking tobacco excise taxes to raise more revenues for healthcare.”To address the urgent need to protect the right to health of the Filipino people and to maintain a broader fiscal space to support the implementation...
