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DTI holds seminars
on fair trade laws
Borongan City, E. Samar (PIA) - The Department
of Trade and Industry-Eastern Samar Provincial Field
Office (DTI-Eastern Samar)
continues to implement Fair
Trade Laws seminars to local
business owners in the various municipalities and city of
the province.
Ligaya Catuday, Chief,
DTI Eastern Samar Consumer Welfare Division,
said seminars are part of the
agency’s Consumer Education Program aimed at inculcating to local business
owners their rights and responsibilities.
She also disclosed that
they have already visited
three municipalities and one
city to implement these seminars participated by local
business owners, particularly the ones with an existing
businesses. The municipalities are Dolores, Guiuan,
and Oras and Borongan City.
These places can also be considered as the major trading
centers of Eastern Samar
based on the fact that this
seminar is being held annually as part of DTI-Eastern
Samar’s regular program.
Catuday further said
that it is important to always notify business owners
regarding these seminars to
avoid incurring a penalty if
ever they have a violation.
Also discussed in these
seminars were the topics on
business name registration,
product standards, sales promotion permit application,
and the implementation of
the Price Tag Law.
During these seminars, business
owners, especially the ones
with 100, 000 capitalization,
were also notified to strictly
implement the 5% senior citizens’ discount in basic and
prime commodities.
DTI-Eastern Samar also
encouraged establishments
and stores selling Christmas lights to sell only genuine ones with genuine ICC
stickers to ensure the safety
of the consumers. A surprise
monitoring and visit of stores
which sell these Christmas
lights will be held anytime
this month to inspect these
commodities if they follow
product standards. (ajc/
SDC/PIA-Eastern Samar)
Any definition of a culture of peace must
address the problem of achieving justice
for communities and individuals who do
not have the means to compete or cope
without structured assistance and compassionate help. -- Mahnaz Afkhami
Ormoc airport reopens
By Ronnie Roa
Ormoc City – The city’s
fastest link to Cebu and Manila is already in service after it was inaugurated with
the Cebu Pacific ATR 72-500
landing in Ormoc Airport
last November 19, 2016, 37
minutes after it departed
from Cebu at 7:48 AM that
same day. This was based on
the record by the flight stewardess.
The maiden flight of
CebuPac carried 31 passengers including Ormoc Mayor
Richard Gomez. For the record, he was the first passenger to step on the tarmac.
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