Launch Ceremony for DTI’s Project ET

  1. Date : 01 August 2017, Tuesday
  2. Venue : Ground Floor, Megamall Fashion Hall, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City
  3. Time : 10:00 in the morning
  4. Lead Functional Group: DTI-Consumer Protection Group (CPG)
  5. Lead Officials :  
    • DTI Secretary RAMON S. LOPEZ
    • Hon. Mayor CARMELITA A. ABALOS
    • SM Super Malls President ANNIE S. GARCIA DTI-ROG
    • Undersecretary ZENAIDA C. MAGLAYA DTI-CPG
    • Undersecretary TEODORO C. PASCUA DTI-CPG
    • Assistant Secretary/ DTI-BPS OIC ERNESTO V. PEREZ
    • DTI-FTEB Officer-in-Charge FERDINAND L. MANFOSTE
    • Representatives from PNP, NBI and NICA
  6. Event: The DTI’s Consumer Protection Group (CPG), through its Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), launches the Project Execution Team or ET to intensify the implementation of Fair Trade Laws for the protection of consumers. The DTI also strengthens its partnerships with other government offices through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to implement the proiect. With this project, the DTI expects to ensure that basic necessities and prime commodities that are being sold in the market are within their suggested retail prices; and critical products that DTI regulates and are found in the market bear the Philippine Standard (PS) and Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) marks.
  7. Request: An announcement or coverage of the event for release in newspaper columns or in radio and TV news programs will properly inform the general public that such programs are undertaken for their protection.
  8. Contact Details:
    • DTI–CPG: 751.4740/48 (Claire Coballes- Alvin Ruelos- 0917.8384914; RK Alcazar- 0935.2338993; Camille B. Castillo-0917.5439583;)

ROG– Regional Operations Group; BPS– Bureau of Philippine Standards; NICA– National Intelligence Coordinating Agency