FILIPINO’S consumption of in-home snack food rose up to 13 percent in the total snack category in the Philippines from March 2015 to March 2017, as revealed by Kantar Worldpanel. From P4,524 in ...

To keep Filipinos healthy while raising more revenues for the government, the state-run think tank National Tax Research Center (NTRC) is pushing to slap an excise tax on junk food.

Pero ang junk food para sa iilan ay pantawid-gutom para sa mas marami nating kababayan. There are other ways to approach this problem without adding another burden to our people. As for the need for ...

‘JUNK-FOOD binging is quite prevalent not only in the Philippines but in the world, due to changes in eating behavior and lifestyle brought about by urbanization and globalization,” Philippine ...

The JFC — led by foreign industry leaders in the Philippines — recommended a “careful reassessment” of the proposals to implement new taxes on junk food and hike the existing tariffs on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The sale of soft drinks and junk food in schools is still prohibited amid violations in the last school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) said yesterday.