City Legal Office goes after 5 rice traders

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office (CLO) is going after five rice traders and retailers at the Taboan and Carbon Public Markets for allegedly overpricing their rice products. City Legal Officer Rey Gealon told…

Gwen wants bagsakan centers in localities to combat ‘overpricing’ of basic goods

Rosalie Abatayo 03/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Bagsakan centers will be set up in the different towns and cities of the province to ensure food security amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threat. The bagsakan centers are makeshift markets where basic…

Cebuanos assured of sufficient supplies; firms warned on overpricing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Officials in Cebu warned retailers that their licenses to do business could be confiscated, and could be revoked if they were found to sell overpriced goods. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and Cebu City Mayor…

Cebu City begins crackdown of overpricing establishments

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/13/2020

CEBU CITY Philippines — The Cebu City government will once again start the crackdown of establishments violating the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) price freeze while demanding for personal protective equipment (PPE). Mayor Edgardo Labella has…

Cebu City to close establishments selling overpriced face masks, PPEs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be helping the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the crackdown of establishments selling overpriced face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE). In a phone interview, Mayor…

DTI-Cebu monitors establishments, online sellers overpricing masks; 2 called for investigation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/02/2020

  CEBU CITY — The Department of Trade and Industry in Cebu (DTI-Cebu) has identified several establishments and online sellers in Cebu City allegedly overpricing surgical masks and N95 masks. In a post on their official Facebook…

Larsian to penalize overpricing vendors

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/12/2018

STALL tenants who are found to have overcharged their customers at the newly-opened Larsian will be heavily penalized. Joey Herrera, manager of Larsian, said the penalties will be P1,000 for first offense, a two-week closure for second…

Davide, officials discuss ways to stop overpricing

Gerard Vincent Francisco 09/19/2018

  Officials of the Cebu Provincial Government led by Governor Hilario Davide III converged on Wednesday (September 19) to discuss how to monitor prices in different establishments.  Davide said they want to make sure there would be…

Binay associate decries freeze order on firms’ assets, says AMLC ‘lied to CA’

05/17/2015

MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Antonio L. Tiu scored the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Sunday, for including in its  freeze order request his companies’ bank accounts, saying these were all used in legitimate transactions. “The AMLC lied to…

Mike hits COA for labeling City Hall deals as ‘illegal’

Doris C. Bongcac 06/24/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama called on the Commission on Audit to be careful in labeling transactions entered into by the city government as ‘illegal’ in the absence of any court ruling declaring them as such. “If…

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