Tag: Sin Taxes
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SC landmark ruling a victory for Filipinos, youth
“This win is for the Filipino people and will benefit future generations. It may have taken 13 years, but it’s these victories that remind me to keep fighting the good fight. It’s what makes my job worthwhile.”
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Sin tax to go a ‘long way’ in protecting people’s health, welfare
Full text of Senator Pia Cayetano’s sponsorship of the bicameral conference committee report reconciling the disagreeing provisions of the Sin Tax Bill.
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Bicam approves Sin Tax Bill
Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Pia S. Cayetano led the bicam discussions held in the Senate on Wednesday that lasted for more than four hours.
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Pia: My work continues to tax e-cigarettes for public health
Following President Duterte’s directive to restrict the use of e-cigarettes, Senator Pia Cayetano says her job continues to use taxation as a tool to protect citizens and raise funds for health.
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To tax or ban e-cigarettes? Pia to wait for President’s EO banning e-cigs
To tax or ban e-cigarettes? Senator Cayetano says she will wait for the President’s EO banning e-cigs. Until then, it is her job to see the bill taxing e-cigs through.
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Pia gears up for daily debates on Sin Tax
“I am ready and I will make myself available every day in my effort to get this bill approved as soon as possible.”
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More than revenues, Sin Tax is about changing lives – Pia
If we want taxation to be part of a comprehensive package, then it should be a meaningful kind of taxation. Not the kind of taxation na, “sige na para lang masabing meron.”
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Pia: Congress has jurisdiction to tax e-cigarettes
Amid rising concerns in many countries about the health risks of electronic cigarettes and vapes, Senator Pia S. Cayetano reiterated that Congress has the jurisdiction to impose higher taxes on these products as a means to regulate their use. The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Cayetano made the assertion at…
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Pia: PH is global ‘inuman’ champion; Sin Tax Reform to save lives
The Senate Ways and Means Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Pia S. Cayetano, has presented to the plenary Senate Bill No. 1074 seeking to increase excise taxes on sin products, with the objective of augmenting funds for universal health care and protecting citizens, particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of drinking and electronic…
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Pia to industry: Help educate, not mislead public on sin taxes
Senator Pia S. Cayetano appealed to alcohol industry players to refrain from misleading the public into thinking that raising ‘sin’ taxes on alcoholic beverages, which would also increase the cost of these products, is detrimental to Filipinos, particularly the poor. “When we’re talking about [taxing] sin products, please do not scare the people into thinking…