MANILA, Philippines — Fake cigarettes, raw tobacco materials and cigarette packing machines amounting to around P1.3 billion were intercepted by authorities, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported ...

THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) has uncovered a number of smuggled cigarette-making machines, the Department of Finance (DoF) reported. In a statement, the DoF said that the BIR “seized four ...