27 December 2005
Consumer body to step up info advocacy program
THE Pangasinan Consumer Welfare Council (Consumernet) has set its programs and projects for 2006 as approved in the council’s technical meeting last Tuesday.
The yearlong activities include information advocacy thru the use of print and broadcast media, quarterly information caravans, establishment of consumer welfare desks (CWDs) in the local government units and business establishments and installing Timbangan ng Bayan (public weighing scales) in all public markets.
The council, headed by Gov. Victor E. Agbayani with the Department of Trade and Industry as co-chair, tapped the Philippine Information Agency Pangasinan office and government stations DZMQ Radyo ng Bayan-Dagupan and DWRS Radyo ng Bayan-Tayug to disseminate information on consumer welfare. The private radio station in Alaminos City, DZWM, was also requested to air such government programs to benefit the western towns.
The council, composed of some 35 government agencies and non-government organizations, thru core groups is set to meet with the heads of the local media associations in the province – Pangasinan Tri-Media Association (Patrima), Pangasinan Press and Radio Club (PPRC), Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), and the Pangasinan Association of Government Information Officers (PAGIO)—to enlist their help in the info drive.
The council will also write letters to the LGUs to remind them of the compulsory establishment of Timbangan ng Bayan in the public markets.
By October next year, part of the Consumer Welfare Month celebration will be the awarding of the best partners in consumerism, from the LGUs and the private sector. DTI Officer-in-Charge Daria Mingaracal said the Department of Energy and the Intellectual Property Rights Office will be invited to grace the next meeting to enlighten members on matters involving such offices.
The yearlong activities include information advocacy thru the use of print and broadcast media, quarterly information caravans, establishment of consumer welfare desks (CWDs) in the local government units and business establishments and installing Timbangan ng Bayan (public weighing scales) in all public markets.
The council, headed by Gov. Victor E. Agbayani with the Department of Trade and Industry as co-chair, tapped the Philippine Information Agency Pangasinan office and government stations DZMQ Radyo ng Bayan-Dagupan and DWRS Radyo ng Bayan-Tayug to disseminate information on consumer welfare. The private radio station in Alaminos City, DZWM, was also requested to air such government programs to benefit the western towns.
The council, composed of some 35 government agencies and non-government organizations, thru core groups is set to meet with the heads of the local media associations in the province – Pangasinan Tri-Media Association (Patrima), Pangasinan Press and Radio Club (PPRC), Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), and the Pangasinan Association of Government Information Officers (PAGIO)—to enlist their help in the info drive.
The council will also write letters to the LGUs to remind them of the compulsory establishment of Timbangan ng Bayan in the public markets.
By October next year, part of the Consumer Welfare Month celebration will be the awarding of the best partners in consumerism, from the LGUs and the private sector. DTI Officer-in-Charge Daria Mingaracal said the Department of Energy and the Intellectual Property Rights Office will be invited to grace the next meeting to enlighten members on matters involving such offices.
