Helmet law should be strictly implemented
The ConsumerBy Linda Bolido
Finally, authorities are implementing the law requiring motorcyclists and their passengers to wear only helmets that passed standards set by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Finally, authorities are implementing the law requiring motorcyclists and their passengers to wear only helmets that passed standards set by the Department of Trade and Industry.
Newspaper reports say the Department of Trade and Industry has inspected the helmets of only 30 percent of registered motorcycle owners in the National Capital Region. Outside NCR, the rate is even lower—only 25 percent.
October is Consumer Month but did you see or hear anything about it? I know I didn’t. I e-mailed the Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection asking for materials on this year’s observance. Usually, they are very prompt to reply but this time I did not even get an acknowledgment of my e-mail.
Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba, director of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection, has responded to my query on the status of the government agency’s order on gift certificates/checks. He said: “Our Department Administrative Order No. 10-04, Series of 2010 (Guidelines on the Issuance, Use and Redemption of Gift [...]
Several people are asking what happened to the administrative order issued by the Department of Trade and Industry in June last year requiring commercial establishments to remove expiration dates from their gift certificates, checks and cards. As reported in the newspapers, the order, announced by DTI Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya, was supposed to take effect about [...]
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