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“The new law has stiffer penalties to protect consumers. It provides that merchants who issue Gift Certificates (GCs) in violation of the law can be slapped up to a million pesos in fines, obligated to reimburse the total value of GCs to holders and ordered that their authority to issue GCs be suspended or […]
“The web of corruption in the educational system such as the hundreds of thousands of ghost students causes widespread and extreme poverty in Mindanao. We have uncovered that this has been happening for many decades especially in rebel and terrorist-infested areas,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said in relation to the hearing on the Budgets […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to reduce the requirements and streamline the processes in starting and operating businesses to create a more conducive business environment in the country. Senate Bill No. 1311, or the “Expanded Anti-Red Tape Act of 2017” was approved with 17 affirmative votes, zero negative […]
The Senate passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to prohibit merchants from imposing expiry dates on gift checks, certificates or cards. “A gift certificate, check or card is, for all intents and purposes, good as cash. It is purchased with money and money having no expiry date, it follows that gift […]
Senator Migz Zubiri said he is seriously considering amending the Quality and Affordable Medicines Act with the creation of a Drug Price Regulatory Board to reduce prices of drugs in the country which has one of the highest prices in the world. “Our direct experiences show how medicines are generally out of reach of […]