Senator Ralph G. Recto hears the positions of liquors and tobacco firms on the proposed amendments to the Sin Tax law. Recto, chair of the Ways and Means committee, is holding the second public hearing on excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products. Attending todayís hearings are Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares, DTI Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal, and representatives from both tobacco and alcohol industries. (Photos by Alex Nuevaespana of PRIB)