Gusto munang pag-aralan ng Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ang panukala ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) na palitan ng smart meters ang mga kasalukuyang metro na ginagamit ng mga kostumer ng electric power distribution company. Mayroon daw kasing kaakibat na dagdag-singil sa kuryente ang pagpalit ng mga metro sa smart meters, ayon kay ERC Spokesperson Rexie […]
Month: February 2019
Consumer group Laban Konsyumer, Inc. (LKI) is asking the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to be more transparent in its decision-making regarding power rate adjustments while at the same time ensuring that such price changes are in compliance with government guidelines. LKI President Victorio Mario Dimagiba said the group has proposed to the ERC that it […]
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Inflation eases to 4.4% in January
The rate of increase in consumer prices continued its downward trend in January as the implementation of higher taxes on petroleum goods was outweighed by the softening prices of food in the local market along with cheaper global cost of oil that dragged down transportation expenses. Based on the latest consumer price monitoring by the […]
THE Tariff Commission will ask the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to explain the imposition of tariffs on imported cement and explain to those opposing the measure the need to implement duties. The move was an apparent reaction to the request of Laban Konsyumer, Inc. (LKI) and cement manufacturers, who questioned the DTI for […]
The Tariff Commission (TC) is set to probe the potential impact on the market of the safeguard duties on cement. An ocular inspection has been scheduled by the TC for February 18 to April 15 in line with concerns over safeguard duties endorsed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the commission. The […]
Consumer group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) has asked the Tariff Commission (TC) to order the suspension of the implementation of the provisional safeguard measure on imported cement by February 9 when the additional tariff shall have taken effect. LKI president Vic Dimagiba said he has asked the body to stop implementing the order of the […]
A CONSUMER group is firming up plans to ask the court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the provisional tax on cement imports with respect to hearings at the Tariff Commission. Consumer group Laban Konsyumer Inc. is eyeing to ask the court to hold off the implementation of the safeguard duty on imported […]
THE rice tariffication bill should be signed into law and sugar imports must be deregulated if the government intends to temper inflation this year, the country’s largest network of local firms said on Tuesday. In a text message to the BusinessMirror, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) President Maria Alegria Sibal-Limjoco said President Duterte […]
Laban Konsyumer Inc., thru Atty. Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba, endorsed a consumer complaint to the Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry as well as to the Food and Drug Administration. The complaint involved “ deceptive and aggressive sales marketing practices “, which is similar and identical to what was […]
1. Timelines- a. Date of publication of DAO 19-02, Series of 2019. b. Disposition of the case within sixty (60 ) days from effectivity of the DAO 19-02, Series of 2019. 2. Nature of Investigation a. Is this a quasi-judicial investigation? b. Can the Tariff Commission issue a Temporary Restraining Order pending formal investigation, and […]