DTI warns retailers to sell only Christmas lights
with valid ICC certificates, stickers
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Oct. 27 (PIA) –
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Surigao del Norte provincial office
warns the local retailers to stop selling to the public christmas lights
without valid Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) Certificates.
According to DTI provincial director Celestino L.
Negapatan, valid ICC certificates are those issued starting January 2013 up to
the present.
Negapatan stressed that in the interest and for
the safety of the consuming public, DTI advises retailers to refrain from
selling their Christmas lights and lighting chain products that have no ICC
certificates and ICC stickers, and also those with ICC certificates being
issued in 2012 or earlier.
The said guidelines had been set forth on the
Memorandum Circular No. 15-04 series of 2015 issued by the Bureau of Philippine
Standards (BPS). Along with this memo circular, the BPS recently released a
list of valid ICC Certificates for Christmas Lights as of October 9, 20145
indicating the product brand names and importing companies.
For dealers and retailers who are interested to
know these specific brands and name of importers, they are encouraged to visit
the DTI provincial office located at the 2nd Floor, Simtoco Business Center,
Burgos Street, this city and contact Mrs. Josephine D. Gabutin, Consumer
Welfare Desk Officer.
They can also contact DTI office consumer hotline
number (086) 826-6129 and 0939-153-2957. (SDR/DTI-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
COMELEC confirms influx of “deadline beaters” for
voter registration
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 27 (PIA) – As
October 31, 2015 deadline for voter registration draws near, Atty. Ernie
Palanan, provincial election supervisor here, confirmed the influx of people to
city and municipal Commission on Election (COMELEC) offices province-wide.
He said since October 17, all COMELEC offices at
city and municipal levels had been open to welcome registrants for 12 hours
daily from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The COMELEC here had been looking forward to some
three percent more or equivalent to 10,950 out of 359,672 registered voters who
have yet to undergo biometrics.
It was learned that both the municipalities of
Lingig and Tagbina, all of District II, had to exert more effort to step up
their voter registration campaign, being in the “bottom two” in the list that
need to urge the remaining seven and five percent of their respective
registered voters to submit for biometrics capturing.
On the part of Tandag City COMELEC office, Atty.
Riza Constantino said they had been continuing to experience crowding of
registrants as the deadline gets closer.
Tandag City, which has a total of 34,674
registered voters, is only looking for about three percent more or equivalent
to 915 registered voters who have yet to undergo biometrics capturing in order
to post a 100 percent achievement.
Bislig City COMELEC chief Alma Acosta for her part
said that biometrics capturing in her area, which has the highest number of
registered voters at 55,270 province-wide, had been smooth sailing.
As of latest update, Bislig has four percent more
remaining of its total number of registered voters or equivalent to 1,949 to be
subjected for biometrics.
However, no city or municipalities here had ever
made that perfect registration feat.
Surigao del Sur is comprised to two cities and 17
municipalities. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
