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Buyer beware

One can never be too careful when buying online. I usually buy through the well-patronized Lazada and occasionally through other Facebook sites. Lazada arranges and

The problem with debit cards

As Filipinos travel to their respective Holy Week vacation destinations, they may be wondering whether to bring cash, or their credit or debit cards.

Many, if not most, advertisements badger consumers into buying the products they are promoting. Even public service announcements (PSA) sponsored by consumer product manufacturers deliver a not-so-subtle message that consumers should patronize them because they are doing something good.

All in the family scam

If “lola” was not able to get you to send P300 worth of phone load after she “mistakenly” sent you what was intended for her “apo,” I hope you also do not get taken in by your “child’s” request for phone load.

FortuneCare ‘downsizing’

Imelda Samson wrote to the Inquirer to ask FortuneCare, a health medical organization (HMO), on behalf of clients like her, what would happen to their insurance coverage if reports were true that the company would close.

Bill to create a drug price regulatory board

Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron, who happens to be a doctor of medicine, is seeking to amend Republic Act 9502, the Universal and Quality Medicines Act of 2008, to provide for the creation of a drug price regulatory board that will determine the maximum retail prices of drugs and medicines.

Make sure you get what you pay for

When you do your Christmas shopping, check your purchases before leaving the store or mall to make sure you get what you pay for.

Are Filipino consumer groups powerless?

Reacting to last week’s column about the “non” celebration of Consumer Welfare Month, Felipe Diman, a solo parent who says he does the grocery himself, bewails the lack and/or powerlessness of Filipino consumer groups.

Five-second food rule should be scrapped

It may be better to throw away that bit of food if it falls. Salvaging it may cost you so much more in medical bills

Giving precious mall space to micro, small and medium enterprises

AS A CONSUMER, I hope Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez will pursue his plan to have big malls and retail chains provide free space for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), as reported in this paper, especially now that the holiday season has started.