ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) culminated the celebration of the Consumer Welfare Month by holding a regional quiz bee in this city on Monday.
“This is one way to disseminate consumer welfare information and educate our students about fair trade laws,” DTI regional information officer David Israel Sinay said in an interview.
The first placer from the Regional Science High School for Region 6 in Aklan bagged the PHP10,000 cash prize with a trophy and a medal. The school was represented by the three-member team of Princess Keith Malolos, Tsaress Leigh Garzon, and Janna Paula Marie Libuna.
The second placer from the Iloilo National High School, Iloilo, represented by the group of Yancy Aubrey Panugon, Marie Rheann Lasaga and Deryn Dominiue Ventilacion, won PHP8,000 plus trophy and a medal.
The San Pedro National High School from Antique, represented by the team of Ivan William Magbanua, Marjorie Altejos and Genevee Blancia, was awarded the PHP6,000 cash prize plus trophy and medal for winning the third place.
Non-winners also received PHP3,000 each.
Sinay said the quiz bee gathered one participant from each of the six provinces of Western Visayas.
It focused on general information and other pertinent laws related to the celebration, he said.
Proclamation No. 1098 signed by former President Fidel V. Ramos on September 26, 1997 declared October of every year as Consumer Welfare Month.
Sinay said the celebration started with a fun run last Saturday of September.
The DTI, through its provincial offices, hosted product showcase and exhibits highlighting mandatory products.
In Antique, he said the department destroyed uncertified mandatory products worth PHP45,787 that were confiscated from major establishments in San Jose, Antique.
The products included television set, DVD players, monoblock chairs, electric iron, compact fluorescent lamps, and electric socket, among others.
This year’s celebration anchored on the theme “Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer”. (PNA)
