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                    [ArticleID] => 1376930
                    [Title] => Bill seeks P38 minimum price for all tobacco products
                    [Summary] => 

A bill has been filed in Congress seeking to set the minimum price for all tobacco products at P38 per pack.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1372020 [Title] => Ahente sa sigarilyo gitulis na ‘sab [Summary] =>

Laing mga ahente sa sigarilyo ang nabiktima na usab sa duha ka armadong lalaki nga nagsakay og motorsiklo sa Sitio Landing, Barangay Catarman, Lungsod sa Liloan niadtong Domingo.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806289 [AuthorName] => Romeo T. Limpangog [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371327 [Title] => BAT in no hurry to enter into jv [Summary] =>

London-based British American Tobacco  (BAT) is biding its time on exploring partnership options as its low-tier Pall Mall brand continues to puff up sales.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1352441 [Title] => Gov’t urged to closely monitor cigarette firms [Summary] =>

Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) has urged the government to closely monitor cigarette companies involved in illegal activities and tax evasion as it assailed the Thailand-based Southeast Asian Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) for failure to provide concrete proposals on how to resolve illicit cigarette trade.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140625/cigarretts-on-hand-3.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340541 [Title] => Group offers to help gov’t inspect tobacco firms’ facilities [Summary] =>

FCTC Alliance of the Philippines, a civil society group that supported the passage of the sin tax reform law,  is willing to assist the government in conducting inspections of tobacco firms’ facilities to determine their compliance with regulations.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250150 [Title] => Cigarette maker denies underdeclaring its products [Summary] =>

Mighty Tobacco Corp. said it was not under-declaring its cigarette products, noting that it is able to sell P1-per-stick cigarettes because it does not pay   royalty fees to foreign companies for the use of its brands.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 992901 [Title] => Tan still in talks for sale of PAL stake [Summary] =>

Tycoon Lucio Tan said he is in talks with possible buyers of his stake in flag carrier Philippine Airlines.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img717/9599/bl3bn.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963983 [Title] => Is sin tax reform working? [Summary] =>

Half the job has been delivered. With the national government acknowledging markedly higher tax collections during the first four months of the year from the twin sin products of tobacco and alcohol...

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 938589 [Title] => Table Topics A Weekly Journal of Toastmasters International Philippines Kapitan [Summary] =>

Not anyone can claim to have a business tycoon and Filipino billionaire as a godfather, but if you’re District 75 Governor 2012-13 Grace Paras then this comes as no surprise.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1459274 [AuthorName] => Leony Laluna DTM and Atty. Charisse L. Piramide, ACB, ALB [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 936791 [Title] => BAT allots $50 M to rebuild Phl operations [Summary] =>

Global tobacco giant British American Tobacco, a new player in the $4 billion Philippine tobacco industry, is spending more than $50 million this year out of its  planned  $200 million  five-year capital spending program to rebuild operations in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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