00:00The Department of Health and Syntax Coalition is helping to raise taxes on alcoholic drinks.
00:07Let's see what our fellow countrymen have to say.
00:11Here's Bam Alegre.
00:18Alcohol is becoming a serious threat to public health.
00:21According to the Global Burden of Disease Health Metrics,
00:24alcohol consumption is a risk factor for the record 27,000 deaths in the country.
00:29That's why the Department of Health and Syntax Coalition is helping to raise taxes on alcohol.
00:34This is so that people won't be tempted to buy and drink alcohol.
00:38The DOH's target is to reduce alcohol use in the country by 20% by 2030.
00:43For this to happen, there needs to be a price increase of 6.5% on alcohol per year and a 13% tax.
00:50According to the vendor, Melanie Miranda, the small vendors are pitiful.
00:56If the price of alcohol is going to increase, how about the small vendors?
01:01The small vendors are negotiating. That's what they're hoping for.
01:05If the price goes up, how will they be able to buy and sell?
01:09How will they be able to buy their vinegar?
01:11Boy Mobilia and Ding Malayo are in favor of this.
01:14It depends on the person, sir.
01:16If they want to raise the price, then raise it.
01:22They're just going to buy and drink.
01:24Even if the price goes up, people are still going to buy and drink.
01:29Even if they don't have money, they're still going to drink because they're addicted to alcohol.
01:41They're still going to buy, sir.
01:43No matter how expensive it is, it's still a vice.
01:49I'm not going to drink like that.
01:54In 2020, former President Rodrigo Duterte signed an excise tax on alcohol products.
02:00This is the first news.
02:01Bamalegre for GMA Integrated News.
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