LKI 41st Press Statement August 8, 2019 BSP Responds as Consumer Group Calls out BSP, points to Bank Fees Consumers need to stop Paying In a July 19, 2019 letter to Hon. Benjamin E. Diokno, PhD, Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilpinas Manila, LKI President Atty. Vic Dimagiba first wrote “On my behalf and on […]
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August 8, 2019 2 news items are testimonials to Laban Konsyumer Inc. continuing advocacies against the excise tax law on fuels and the preliminary safeguard duty on cement. Both advocacies are documented with appropriate pleadings and position papers which are filed with the Supreme Court and quasi judicial entity. The Petron Corporation public statement that […]
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/07/19/p18-b -multa-vs-maynilad-manila-water-mwss-dapat-ipamahagi-sa-konsumer On behalf of the consumers. MWSS thru the recently appointed ADMINISTRATOR must state publicly that the fines and penalties are solely for the account of the concessionaires and mwss and should not be pass on to the consumers absolutely Now and in the future.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/08/05/19/consumer-group-seeks-tighter-price-watch-ahead-of-inflation-data
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/05/19/2-korte-inutos-ang-pagtigil-ng-unbundling
https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/08/03/19/bentahan-ng-isda-manok-gulay-sa-ilang-palengke-matumal
Hindi napapakinabangan ng konsumer ang pagpataw ng suggested retail price (SRP) ng gobyerno sa manok, ayon sa grupo ng mga negosyante. Bunsod umano ito ng pagtaas ng presyo ng manok sa mga palengke sa kabila ng mababang presyo sa mga manukan. Ayon kay Bong Inciong, presidente ng grupong United Broilers Association, hindi nasusunod ang SRP […]
Medicine prices might also go on the downtrend as the Department of Health pushes for a maximum retail price on drugs and medicine. – Business Nightly, ANC, July 31, 2019 https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/08/01/19/doh-pushes-for-maximum-retail-price-on-medicines
The government is bent on implementing maximum retail price (MRP) on essential drugs and medicines to ensure accessibility and affordability, especially to the marginalized and disadvantaged population as prices of medicines, even generic drugs, have remained excessively expensive. A draft administrative order (AO) on the guidelines for the implementation of the MRP is being presented […]
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) plans to collect from its Luzon customers P10 million worth of damage cost incurred by the onslaught of Tropical Depression Josie to one of its facilities last year. According to a report by Lei Alviz in GMA’s 24 Oras on Thursday, the Olongapo City substation of the […]