PRESS BRIEFING
· Draft Guidelines for the National Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (NMVIMP)
· List of Sea Freight Forwarders Operating Without Accreditation
· Results of Special Enforcement Activity on Fair Trade Laws
· ISO and DTI Conduct a Stakeholders Engagement Program and a Regional Training Program on Good Standardization Practices
Date : 04 July 2017, Tuesday
Venue : CPG Area, 2F, DTI Main Building, 361 Sen Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
Time : 11:30 in the morning
Lead : DTI-Consumer Protection Group (CPG)
Lead Officials :
DTI-CPG Undersecretary TEODORO C. PASCUA
DTI-BPS Assistant Director MARIMEL D. PORCIUNCULA
DTI-CPAB Officer-in-Charge LILIAN G. SALONGA
DTI-FTEB Officer-in-Charge FERDINAND L. MANFOSTE
Event:
The DTI’s Consumer Protection Group (CPG) provides updates on its specific programs for consumers and businesses as well.
The DTI, together with the Department of Transportation (DOTr), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the private sector formulates the guidelines for the National Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (NMVIMP).
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) enjoins the consumers, businesses and particularly the overseas Filipinos to transact only with freight forwarders accredited with the Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) to avoid troubles in transporting their cargoes/ packages especially Balikbayan boxes.
The DTI and ISO organize a Stakeholders Engagement Program and a Regional Training Program on Good Standardization Practices on 04-07 July 2017 to heighten the national standardization programs in the country.
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.
Contact Details:
DTI–CPG: 751.4740/48
(Camille B. Castillo-0917.5439583; Alvin Ruelos- 0917.8384914; RK Alcazar- 0935.2338993)