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                    [ArticleID] => 1540992
                    [Title] => DOH, DTI warn public vs use of hoverboards
                    [Summary] => 

The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday cautioned the public against buying hoverboards, the two-wheeled, gliding motorized scooters, following reports about injuries and potential electrocution connected with its usage.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-09 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20160110/hoverboard-4.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413764 [Title] => Remove contaminated apples from US, traders urged [Summary] =>

Traders should remove apples that were recalled in the United States a few days ago due to a listeriosis outbreak that has so far killed seven persons, an environmental group said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413315 [Title] => Phl recalls US imported apples [Summary] =>

The Trade Department issued an advisory today recalling imported gala and granny apples from the United States, warning consumers that the apples may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 20:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1399244 [Title] => ‘Consumer prices should go down with fuel price drop’ [Summary] =>

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is calling on producers of basic necessities and prime commodities to reduce prices amid the decline in transportation costs and oil prices.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141205/fuel-price-drop.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1384430 [Title] => Presyo ng bulaklak, kandila binabantayan [Summary] =>

Tiniyak ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na pasok sa suggested retail price (SRP) ang presyo ng bulaklak at kandila sa Undas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375948 [Title] => Costs of bread likely to drop [Summary] =>

The Department of Trade and Industry has announced that costs of bread products would possibly go down this holiday season as international wheat price has significantly gone down.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213316 [AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1311944 [Title] => Stronger regulation needed [Summary] =>

Filipino steelmakers want legislation prescribing stiffer penalties on manufacturers of substandard products and better enforcement of customs regulations to curtail rampant smuggling of inferior steel products principally from China.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1306973 [Title] => Mga magbabakal bubusisiin sa Senado [Summary] =>

Naniniwala si Senador Bam Aquino na ang laganap na mahinang uri o substandard na mga bakal at mga produkto nito ay siyang nagpalala at nagpalaki ng bilang ng mga nasawi sa mga nakaraang delubyo tulad ng lindol sa Bohol at ang bagyong Yolanda kaya naman nagpatawag siya ng isang pagdinig sa Senado sa darating na Abril 7.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pilipino-star-ngayon/bansa/20140331/senate-court.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1282705 [Title] => Protect consumers [Summary] =>

Not one voice objected to the LTFRB’s draconian decision to suspend the franchise for Don Mariano, the bus company that figured in a number of spectacular and murderous accidents the past few months. When the franchise regulatory board inspected the Don Mariano compound, they found nearly all buses there in violation of one rule or another.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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