October 29, 2016

Guest Post: Can consumers ever organize?

By: Cielito F. Habito – October 18, 2016, 12:19 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer How can companies providing various goods and services that are part of our daily lives keep getting away with practices amounting to abuse and exploitation of their consumers—the very […]
October 28, 2016

Guest Post: Asserting our consumer rights

By: Cielito F. Habito –  October 25, 2016, 12:13 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer Forty-five years ago, the last week of October was declared Consumer Protection Week, as a period for planning and enforcement of government action toward controlling fraudulent trade practices […]
October 26, 2016

Viewpoint: Regulatory Capture of the Energy Regulatory Commission Part 2

By David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers The Duterte government has among its priority programs the reduction of rates for electricity. This objective will not be attained unless the regulatory capture of the Energy Regulatory Commission is ended. […]
October 22, 2016

Viewpoint: Regulatory Capture of the ERC Has Resulted in High Rates for Electricity in Mindanao

By David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers “Regulatory capture is a form of government failure that occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest […]