March 17, 2018Committee on EnergySenate of the PhilippinesPasay CityRe: SB 898, 924, 1110, Res. 39, 130Attn.: Atty. Grace Ann C. SalesaLegislative Committee SecretarySir/Madam:We fully support the initiative of the Senate to provide subsidy to the electricity consumers as may be authorized by law and as proposed in SBs 898, 924 and 1110.In the determination of […]
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SRP SA BIGAS
Lki proposed to set Srp for commercial rice for a limited period before the reported buffer stocks of imported rice by NFA arrives end of June .Srp should create market behavior in the retail outlets and traders are put on notice for possible infraction of profiteering, hoarding and cartel .Read how prevailing commercial prices of […]
Laban Konsyumer, Inc.P.O. Box 1161, QCCPO1110 Quezon City, PhilippinesWebsite: http://labankonsyumer.com/EcoWaste CoalitionUnit 336, Eagle Court, 26 Matalino St., 1100 Quezon City, PhilippinesWebsite: http://ecowastecoalition.blogspot.comJoint Press ReleaseSome Talcum Powder Products Lack Required Warning Label(Groups Seek Asbestos-Free Labeling for Talcum Powder Products)23 February 2018, Quezon City. Laban Konsyumer, Inc., a consumer protection group, and the EcoWaste Coalition, a toxics […]
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December 2017-January 2018 Report
DECEMBER 2017- JANUARY 2018 REPORT# ensures that added cost will not be passed on to the consumers in the Circular issued by the Department of Energy pertaining to the Renewal Energy Protocol Standards.# continuing participation as resource person in Bills pending in the Senate and the House relating to oil prices, systems losses and restructuring […]
January 22, 2018Laban Konsyumer Inc. files Petition against the TRAIN ActConsumer advocacy group Laban Konsyumer Inc.(LKI) has expressed its opposition over the unwarranted increases in excise taxes on coal, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene, which form part of basic commodities: i.e. coal for electricity and cement manufacture, diesel for transportation and power, LPG […]
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Feeling the Pinch
Feeling the pinch
http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/business/whistleblowers-can-expedite-cartel-case This complaint vs the local cement industry was filed in August 2016.http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/business/whistleblowers-can-expedite-cartel-case
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A new cement manufacturer
Re the news that a new cement company will be established by a local investor . PDI mobile Jan 12 2018.since more than a year ago when I filed an anti competition complaint before the Phil Competition Comm vs Cemap and Ordonez , the cement industry had developed into an encouraging market based competition . […]