Media Advisory: Press Briefing – National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) Meeting
Date : 01 August 2017, Tuesday
Venue : AVR-Penthouse, Board of Investments Bldg., 385 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City Time : 4:00 in the afternoon (after the NPCC meeting at 2:00 PM)
Lead Functional Group: DTI-Consumer Protection Group (CPG)
Lead Officials :
DTI Secretary RAMON S. LOPEZ DTI-CPG
Undersecretary TEODORO C. PASCUA DTI-CPAB
Officer-in-Charge LILIAN G. SALONGA
DTI-FTEB Officer-in-Charge FERDINAND L. MANFOSTE
Representatives from the Private Sector
Organizations – Government: Department of Agriculture (DA); Department of Energy (DOE); Department of Health (DOH); Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); National Food Authority (NFA); Sugar Regulatory Authority (SRA); Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Justice (DOJ); Department of Transportation (DOTr); National Economic Development Authority (NEDA); Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP); Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Organizations – Private Government Watch; Sardines Association of the Phils; Phil Association of Meat Producers, Inc.. (PAMPI); Meat Importation and Traders’ Association (MITA); Phil Association of Flour Millers, Inc. (PAFMIL); Chamber of Phil Flour Millers (CHAMP): Phil Consumer Centric Traders, Inc. (PCCTI); Phil Amalgamated Supermarkets Assn. (PAGASA); National Market Vendors’ Confederation of Cooperatives (NAMVESSCO); United Broilers Raisers’ Association (UBRA); Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers; Philippine Federation of Bakers Asso, Inc. (PFBAI); Phil Baking Industry (PhilBaking); Cement Manufacturers Asso of the Phils (CEMAP); Federation of DTI-3 Accredited Consumer Organizations, Inc (FedACOr-3, Inc.)
Event: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) leads the government, industry, business and consumer sectors on the discussions of the implementation of Price Freeze in Mindanao.
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.