The
Department of Trade and Industry Central Visayas Regional and Provincial
Offices join Filipino consumers in the Philippines in celebrating the
Consumer Welfare Month and the National Standards Week (NSW) in 2013.
This year’s Consumer Month will be filled with consumer welfare related activities such as seminars that disseminate information on Consumer rights and responsibilities, monitoring activities on price and price tag, as well as product standard monitoring activities.
Recently, the Consumer Watch-Bohol, Inc. (CWBI) in coordination with the Department of Trade and Trade (DTI), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Provincial Government of Bohol, and LGU- Tagbilaran City organized the Bohol Youth Consumer Summit 2013 at Dao Diamond Hotel, Dao Distrcit, Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The activity was participated by students from five (5) Colleges in Bohol.
The DTI information campaign is vital to inform and update the public of their rights and for businesses to understand their responsibilities to their consumers as prescribed under the Consumer Act.
This year’s Consumer Month will be filled with consumer welfare related activities such as seminars that disseminate information on Consumer rights and responsibilities, monitoring activities on price and price tag, as well as product standard monitoring activities.
Recently, the Consumer Watch-Bohol, Inc. (CWBI) in coordination with the Department of Trade and Trade (DTI), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Provincial Government of Bohol, and LGU- Tagbilaran City organized the Bohol Youth Consumer Summit 2013 at Dao Diamond Hotel, Dao Distrcit, Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The activity was participated by students from five (5) Colleges in Bohol.
The DTI information campaign is vital to inform and update the public of their rights and for businesses to understand their responsibilities to their consumers as prescribed under the Consumer Act.
In flood hit areas of Negros Oriental, the Department of Trade and Industry Negros Oriental Provincial Office (DTI-NOPO) continues to monitor prices of basic goods and prime commodities.
Last week, DTI NOPO led members of the Center for Consumer Welfare (CCW) in the inspection of business establishments in Siaton, Sta. Catalina and Basay towns and in Bayawan City.
The four areas were badly hit by floods when several major rivers overflowed because of continuous heavy rains for about three days.
DTI NOPO will continue to conduct price monitoring of basic and prime commodities daily for a week in coordination with the CCW to prevent stores from taking advantage of the disaster.
DTI and its partners monitor establishments to ensure stability of prices of prime and basic commodities. It is also meant to remind the public of its role to be vigilant and check the products they are buying.
The Consumer Welfare Month (CWM) is celebrated every October in
compliance with Presidential Proclamation No. 1098. During the Consumer Month, the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) reiterates its commitment to reinforce its services,
programs and activities to protect the interests of consumers with the
continued assistance of Philippine industries.
Proclamation 1327 was declared on October 03, 1975 for the Philippines to annually celebrate the NSW from October 08-14 through the DTI-Bureau of Product Standards as the National Standards Body (NSB) in connection to the WSD and due to the great impact of standardization activities to the accelerating economic growth. Since then, the weeklong event is being observed yearly to instill and highlight the importance of standards to Philippine consumers and industries.
Proclamation 1327 was declared on October 03, 1975 for the Philippines to annually celebrate the NSW from October 08-14 through the DTI-Bureau of Product Standards as the National Standards Body (NSB) in connection to the WSD and due to the great impact of standardization activities to the accelerating economic growth. Since then, the weeklong event is being observed yearly to instill and highlight the importance of standards to Philippine consumers and industries.
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