{"id":54251,"date":"2015-07-04T11:26:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T03:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54251"},"modified":"2015-07-04T11:26:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T03:26:14","slug":"unstamped-cigarette-packs-seized-in-batangas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/04\/unstamped-cigarette-packs-seized-in-batangas\/","title":{"rendered":"Unstamped cigarette packs seized in Batangas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16154\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_154685816-e1407494807957.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16154\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_154685816-e1407494807957-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_154685816-e1407494807957-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_154685816-e1407494807957.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Over 42,000 packs of locally made and imported cigarettes without tax stamps were confiscated in Batangas City.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Friday said in a statement that the products were found in three establishments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncovered in the course of the extended search were imported cigarettes such as RGD, D&amp;B and Farstar being sold but are not registered with the BIR for distribution or sale in the Philippines,\u201d the BIR said.<\/p>\n<p>BIR Commissioner Kim Henares ordered the operation to confiscate the said illegal products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BIR will immediately collect deficiency excise tax on the confiscated cigarettes not bearing the required internal revenue stamp, impose administrative penalties, and file the necessary criminal action against the erring establishments,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau added that the cigarettes confiscated bore the following brands:\u00a0Champion Menthol, Dallas Filter King, Fortune International Extra, Marlboro Black, Marlboro Ice Blast, Marlboro Lights, Marvel Filter King, Pentagon, Westpoint Filter King, Winnsboro, and Winston Lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Over 42,000 packs of locally made and imported cigarettes without tax stamps were confiscated in Batangas City. The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":16154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}