By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive lawmakers have put their foot down against six taxes on tobacco. Lawmakers from Anakpawis and Bayan Muna said the sin tax bill Congress approved on third reading last June 6, 2012 will not benefit local tobacco producers. “In the name of providing more funds for the…
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Ilocos Tobacco Farmers Prefer Food Crops to Tobacco, Leader Says
A former tobacco farmer from the Ilocos region, in a press conference last week, said Ilocanos would prefer planting rice and other crops rather than tobacco if only the government provided assistance. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat QUEZON CITY — A former tobacco farmer from the Ilocos region, in a press…