gagawin na raw P90 kada kaha ng yosi. tingnan mo
Bad news for smokers: P90-tax per pack eyed
By Jocelyn R. Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:26:00 08/10/2010
Filed Under: Tobacco, State Budget & Taxes, Health, Addiction
MANILA, Philippines—Everybody knows smoking will bust your lungs. A proposed tax increase on your next nicotine fix will bust your wallet as well.
Citing the “Obama model,” the Department of Health (DoH) Monday said increasing cigarette tax by P4.50 (or 10 US cents) per stick—that’s P90 for every 20-stick cigarette pack—was one of the ideas that cropped up during a meeting of health officials with officers of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP), an anti-tobacco advocate.
The so-called Obama model refers to US President Barack Obama, who signed a bill into law in February 2009 increasing the federal tax rate of cigarettes from $0.39 to $1.01 per pack to provide for the health insurance of poor children.
There are 17.3 million smokers among the Philippines’ 90 million population. One of those who apparently can’t quit is President Benigno Aquino III.
If the idea blossoms in the Philippines, funds raised from the increase in cigarette taxes will partly be used to cover about 5 million poor Filipinos in the health care insurance system, an objective of President Aquino’s administration.
If the proposed increase is implemented, the cost of a cigarette stick would range from P5.50 to P7.50 while the price of a 20-stick cigarette pack would jump to between P97 and P190, according to the estimates of health and church activists seeking curbs on smoking.
Just a thought
“But these are just thoughts that came about during the meeting,” Health Secretary Enrique Ona said in a phone interview. “For now, it’s just an idea and an option we could take but I am not yet pushing for anything.”
According to Ona’s head executive assistant, Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, the FCAP met with Ona last week and proposed the idea of pushing for an increase in cigarette taxes to support the DoH’s tobacco control program.
“It was taken up during the meeting and the secretary was open to following the Obama model if the tax increase would be applied in the Philippines,” Oliveros told the Inquirer.
Oliveros said if Obama’s program were replicated in the country, funds generated would be enough to subsidize the health insurance coverage of all poor Filipinos and the health agency’s disease prevention and control program.
Legislation needed
“But these are just ideas that cropped up during the brainstorming,” Oliveros said, adding it would take time before it could be implemented, given the rigors of legislation.
“It will go a long way for the Aquino administration, (which is) facing a huge budget deficit while dealing with very high expectations on poverty alleviation and addressing the social welfare of the people,” Dr. Maricar Limpin, FCAP executive director, said in a statement.
Limpin said Ona was “agreeable” to the proposal.
The existing taxes on cigarettes under Republic Act No. 9334 range from P2.47 per pack for low-end brands to P27.16 per pack of premium cigarette brands, placing the Philippines among countries selling the cheapest cigarettes in Asia, according to FCAP.
Some wouldn’t mind
The group also said that figures from the 2006 Bureau of Internal Revenue annual report showed that excise tax collection from tobacco amounted to P26.8 billion, a mere 4.1 percent of total BIR collection during that period.
The FCAP has been lobbying for the passage of laws that will reform the existing tax structure on cigarettes.
Any tax increase might just bounce harmlessly off the lungs—er, wallets—of some people.
Businessman Jun Medenceles, 35, didn’t sound like he would mind stiffer taxes on cigarettes.
“We can still afford to smoke to our death,” he said in jest as he took a puff from his cigarette.
Others may stop
“In fact, I already bought myself a memorial plan,” quipped Bong Guevarra, 42, another smoker.
Guevarra said he had been telling his children they could only smoke if they earned their living like him.
“I‘m a taxpayer and this,” he said, pointing to his cigarette, “is a luxury for us. I don’t mind the proposed increase in tax on cigarettes.”
The problem is if a person can barely make ends meet, Guevarra said. “If they don’t have a job, I think the tax should stop them from smoking.”
Minors and jobless
Medenceles, who said he started smoking 10 years ago, agreed. He said the proposed tax increase should be implemented to discourage minors and the jobless from spending on things they could not afford.
“I will oppose it (the tax increase),” stylist Cris Matin, 30, said. “Even if it‘s passed, I think I will have a hard time stopping (smoking). My consumption might go down, but not completely.”
“If it gets passed, I will definitely stop. I’ll just buy food for myself,” said Domeng Cultivo, 60, a tricycle driver who has been lighting up for over 30 years.
‘Why stop me?’
Joel Meneses, administrative officer at the Bureau of Fire Protection in Pasig City, sounded flustered. He said in Filipino: “This is my only vice and they’ll stop me?” But he added: “If the price is doubled, I’ll just buy candy.”
Meneses smokes a pack a day.
“At least, it will help me quit,” Meneses said, resigned.
Lauro Roberto, 29, a government employee at the Department of Education, said a tax increase would not stop him from smoking.
“I’m already addicted so I don’t care if they add taxes on cigarettes. But, perhaps I will no longer buy soft drinks during lunch,” he said.
Roberto consumes two packs a day. With reports from Miko Morelos and Niña Calleja
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May mga tao din na nagsasabing dapat daw ay hindi lang sa paghohost tumigil si Kris Aquino habang presidente si Noynoy. Pati daw sa pag-arte, dapat daw tumigil muna si Kris.
Una sa lahat, matanda na si Kris, at hindi na sya magpapakontrol sa mga taong pumapatol sa issue na yan.
Pangalawa, hindi na tayo dapat makisali sa apila na tumigil si Kris sa paghohost dahil isa sya sa pinaka-totoo magtanong at magreact sa mga interview.
Pangatlo, kung patitigilin nyo si Kris sa pag-arte, wag nyo sya patigilin dahil lang kapatid nya ang presidente ng Pilipinas. Patigilin nyo sya umarte dahil hindi sya marunong.
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"Mahirap maging mahirap."
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"Mahirap maging mahirap."
Muka bang pinag-isipan yan?
"Laughter is the best medicine"
Kung may sipon ka, gagaling ka ba sa kakatawa?
Kung nagtatae ka, magagamot ba yan sa paghalakhak mo?
Ilang tao na ba ang gumaling sa bulutong dahil humagikhik sila?
Ang mga sagot jan ay "hindi" at "wala". Pero totoo parin na "Laughter is the best medicine." Dahil pagtawa ang pinaka murang bagay na nagdadala ng kaginhawahan, kahit konti lang, sa kahit na anong sakit.
Ang drama.
Epal. Mas Epal.
Epal: May naisip akong business.
Mas Epal: Ano na naman yan?
Epal: Alam mo yung mga 10 pesos store?
Mas Epal: Oo, yung mga tindahan na puro sampung piso yung presyo ng paninda. Ano naman?
Epal: Baket hindi tayo magtayo ng 9 pesos store... sa tabi ng 10 pesos store? Diba?!
Mas Epal: Mga idea mo e' no? Gago ka ba?
Epal: O' baket? Ikaw ba, kapag nakakita ka ng tindahan tapos pareho ang binebenta... yung isa 10 pesos lahat ng binebenta nila, tapos yung isa 9 pesos lang... san ka bibili?
Mas Epal: Sa 9 pesos.
Epal: O' diba?! Sabi sayo e'!
Mas Epal: Ewan ko sayo. Basta ang labo mo! Isipin mo, kung may magtayo ng 8 pesos store? Talo ka na.
Epal: Edi gagawin kong 7 pesos store yung akin.
Mas Epal: E' may nagtayo ng 6 pesos store...
Epal: 5 pesos store yung akin.
Mas Epal: Nagkaron ng 4 pesos store! Patay ka na jan. Ano gagawin mo, magtatayo ka ng 3 pesos store?
Epal: Oo!
Mas Epal: E' kung nagkaron ng 2 pesos store???
Epal: Edi 1 peso store saken! Lahat ng benta ko piso lang!
Mas Epal: E' pano kung LIBRE store yung katabi mo? Binibenta nila ng libre yung mga paninda nila.
Epal: Gagawin ko ding libre lahat ng paninda ko! tapos babayaran ko pa lahat ng bibile!
Mas Epal: Sige good luck.
Epal: Panira ka ng pangarap!
LOLA: Ineng, palimos naman…
PERLA: Lola, bakit po dalawa ang lata ninyo?
LOLA: Ineng, as a businesswoman, I should think of more ways how to develop my business. That’s why instead of associating the money I got for my daily expenditures, I invested it by putting up another branch!
Bagong salta sa Pilipinas ang Kanong si Joe.
Iisa ang kakilala niya sa bansa, ang Pinoy na si Juan na ang cellphone number ay dala-dala niya. Dito siya tutuloy.
Tinawagan ni Joe si Juan.
JOE: Hello, this is Joe. I am looking for Juan. Can I speak to him?
JUAN: Hi, Joe! This is
Juan. So, you have just arrived. Where are you now?
JOE: Oh yeah, I’m here at a place they call KUHBAWH?
JUAN: That’s Cubao, I think. And what’s the name of the street?
JOE: Yeah. There’s a sign here that says BAHLTEUMEHY.
JUAN: What?! Whats the name of the street again? I’ve never heard of that name before…
JOE: It says here BAHLTEUMEH. That’s just what’s on the sign.
JUAN: Okay. Maybe I’ll just go there and pick you up. What’s your nearest landmark so that I’ll just know where to go?
JOE: I’m near a tall building that says Nice Hotel.
JUAN: Okay, I know that place. Just wait for there and I’m gonna pick you up, okay?
JOE: Okay.
Makalipas ang isang oras…
JUAN: Ah, Joe, so there you are!
JOE: Yeah, I’m here.
JUAN: What’s the name of that street again and where is that sign?
JOE: There, right there on the wall, it clearly says BAHLTEUMEHY.
JUAN: Oh, no! That’s not the name of the street! It’s a sign that says… ‘Bawal Tumae.’ In English, that’s ‘Do Not Defecate.’
JUNIOR: Daddy, ano po ang nauuna sa dictionary… SLIPPERS o TSINELAS?
DADDY: Anak naman! Ang dali lang! Siyempre, slippers! Kasi nga, sli-FIRST, tapos, tsine-LAST!
Sa jeep…
NGONGO: Mama, mara lang a tami!
(Tuluy-tuloy ang jeep…)
NGONGO: Mama! Inami nang mara. Eh!
(Huminto ang jeep).
DRIVER: Ori, ah?! Aala o, niloloo mo lang ao eh!
Nag-aaral sa Maynila si Ellen. Nag-text siya sa kanyang nanay na nasa probinsya, “Nay, padalhan mo naman ako ng panty. Kasi, lahat ng panty ko, butas na!”
Nag-text back ang nanay, “Anak, pakisulsihan mo na lang muna. Kasi, ‘yung panty ko nga… garter na lang!”
BUNTIS: Nanay! Tulong! Ang sakit ng tiyan ko! Manganganak na yata ako!
NANAY: ‘Yung asawa mo ang tawagin mo, hindi ako! Noong gumawa kayo ng bata, hini ninyo ako tinawag. Ngayong manganganak ka na, saka mo ‘ko tatawagin? Bahala ka d’yan!
Minsan, akala mo yata, hindi kita naaalala.
Minsan, akala mo yata, hindi kita nami-miss.
Minsan, akala mo, binale-wala kita.
Pero akala mo lang ‘yun!
Ikaw pa?!
Sino ka nga uli?!
Tuwing may problema ka, nandito lang ako…
Hindi man makapagbigay ng magandang payo… basta, dito lang ako… katabi mo.
Kasi, alam kong makakagaan kung may cute sa tabi mo!
Sabi nila, libre lang mangarap.
Tanong ko lang… libre ka ba?
Pangarap kasi kita, eh!
To miss someone like him?
It lacerates my pericardium, hyperventilate my lungs, drains my CSF, tears my cerebrum and blocks blood in my circulation…
Let Joy reign in your mind, Joy in your heart, and Joy in your action.
After all, ilang patak lang, dama na ang ligaya at sangkatutak na sarap!
Huwag mong sabihing, “Hahanapin ko lang ang sarili ko…”
Dahil madalas, hindi naman talaga sarili mo ang hanap mo kundi naghahanap ka ng iba, nahihiya ka lang magsabi!
Nasa laboratory ka at kasama mo ako…
In English?
You’re in lab with me.
IT TAKES…
…mo naman ako! Hindi ka ba unli?
Bakit hindi ka nagte-takes?
Takes back, huh?!
Takes takes na!!!
DALAGA: Inay, pinipisil po ni Dok ang dede ko!
INAY: Ok lang, anak. Doktor ‘yan!
DALAGA: Inay, hinuhubad po ang panty ko.
INAY: Sige, anak… doktor ‘yan!
DALAGA: Inay… naghuhubad po si dok.
INAY: Takbo, anak! Torjak ‘yan!
Kung ang pagiging committed sa isang tao ay masaya, paano pa kaya kung committed sa marami!
Eh ‘di masayang-masaya!
Alam ko, hindi ako ‘yung tipong parang NFA RICE kung pilahan.
Hindi rin NIDO para maging number 1.
At lalong hindi McDO para masabi mong, “Love ko ‘to!”
Pero hindi man kita makasama forever, sana, parang NESCAFE na lang… “Let’s make every moment perfect!”
Isang araw, magkasama tayo. Sabi mo sa akin, saglit lang…
Umalis ka. Hinintay kita…
Dumaan na ang ilang oras, wala ka pa.
Napaupo ako sa tabi. Hinintay ka pa rin.
Napaiyak na ako.
Kasi, inakala kong iniwan mo na ako.
Lumapit ka sa akin. Pinunasan mo ang luha ko at sinabing, “Sorry, ha? Akala ko, okey lang sa ‘yo na wala ako. Hindi mo pala kaya?”
Sabi ko, “Adik ka pala, eh! Na sa ‘yo pamasahe ko! Paano ako uuwi? Akin na nga! ‘Kainis ka!”
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‘Di pwedeng PACANA-CANALETA lang!
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Sa LARONG ito, tao-TAU… LAVAnan!
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ReMEMBRERE, we only have a second! EMANage n’yong mabuti to MICK a CHOT and win!
MAMARIL alam mo na ang gagawin sa timekeeper.
FIRE!
NEWSFLASH!
Nabaril sa ulo si Petra (hindi tunay na pangalan) na kaagad ikinasawi ng biktima.
Ayon sa suspek na si Asentado Tot-u (tunay na pangalan), nagselos siya sa kanyang kalaguyo kaya niya ito binaril.
Sa kasamaang palad, ang tinamaan ay si Petra.
Nakapiit ngayon ang suspek at malamang na manatili roon nang 50 taon habang nagsasanay bumaril nang tama.
Naalala ko tuloy ang bugtong na, “Inasinta ang sakong, tinamaan ang ilong.”
Sagot: UTOT!
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