AUTHORITIES raided a large-scale illegal cigarette manufacturing plant in Mexico, Pampanga, resulting in the arrest of six ...

A case is being put together against two politicians tagged as masterminds behind the operations of illegal cigarette ...

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — Five people have been arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal trade activities in Batangas and Laguna. Four of the suspects – identified as Wilson Jay Mejia, ...

Philippine National Police (PNP) acting chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on Sunday ordered a thorough investigation ...

Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla raised alarm over the links between illegal cigarette manufacturing, human trafficking, and massive tax evasion following the recent discovery of ...

MEXICO, Pampanga — Authorities busted a factory allegedly manufacturing undocumented cigarettes in this town, leading to the ...

Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla on Thursday, February 5, said law enforcement authorities are investigating two politicians ...

Illegal tobacco manufacturing and selling do not just break the law. They take away hospitals, health care, and life-saving services from ordinary Filipinos, the Department of the Interior and Local ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said financiers abroad may be behind the billions of pesos worth of cigarettes allegedly smuggled into the country and intercepted ...

MANILA, Philippines — Cigarettes that were allegedly illegally manufactured were discovered in a raid of a reported factory in Pampanga. The items were believed to be linked to the smuggled cigarettes ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc said on Tuesday it would buy the Philippines' No. 2 cigarette maker Mighty Corp for about $936 million (726 million pounds), its second large deal in Southeast Asia ...