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[Title] => Roxas warns cement firms vs price fixing
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II warned yesterday local cement manufacturers not to manipulate cement prices.
"There is no basis for prices of cement to move upward at this time," Roxas said, adding that the "current rainy season spells a lull in construction activities."
According to the DTI chief, the slowdown in construction activities reduced demand for cement and other construction materials.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-08 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 211535
[Title] => Cement makers welcome safeguard duty on imports
[Summary] => Local cement manufacturers and workers welcomed yesterday the decision of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to impose definitive safeguard measures on imported cement.
Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) president Rico Alfiler said that the DTI’s decision to impose safeguard measures "levels the playing field with the cement industries of our Asian neighbors and is the correct policy decision to make given the current regional excess capacity situation we are in."
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => DTI head can overturn Tariff Commish — CA
[Summary] => The Court of Appeals (CA) has finally ruled that the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has the power to overturn the decision of the Tariff Commission (TC) with regard to the imposition of safeguard measures.
The CA ruling stems from a case filed by the Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) questioning the alleged inability of the DTI Secretary to overturn findings of the Tariff Commission.
The Philcemcor had applied for safeguard measures against the influx of imported cement.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Cement firms support sustainable development
[Summary] => Major cement companies in the Philippines yesterday joined the rest of the world’s responsible cement companies in committing themselves to the ongoing action program dubbed as "Cement Sustainability Initiative."
Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) president Felix Enrico R. Alfiler said that all cement plants in the Philippines are individually committed to some form of a ‘sustainability agenda’ but this is the first time this has been organized formally to depict a common industry posture.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-17 00:00:00
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[Title] => Cement prices stable due to enhanced capacity utilization, higher demand
[Summary] => Cement prices continued to maintain stable levels, despite onset of summer and peak construction activity largely due to enhanced capacity utilization and higher market demand resulting from import restrictions, Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp.’s Felix Enrico R. Alfiler said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-05 00:00:00
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[Title] => Philcemcor backs DTI probe of adulterated cement
[Summary] => The Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) reiterated yesterday its full support to the investigation being conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on adulterated Portland cement reportedly being sold in the markets of Southern Luzon and National Capital Region (NCR).
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-04 00:00:00
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[Title] => Expert urges DTI to cancel PS mark of sub-standard cement
[Summary] => A commodity expert urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday not to allow certain brands, suspected of cheating consumers with their diluted cement, to carry Philippine Standard (PS) mark in their packaging.
Jose Tan, a commodity expert from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said that under Philippine standards, Portland cement should only be composed of clinker and gypsum.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-01 00:00:00
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[Title] => Philcemcor welcomes DTI probe on substandard cement
[Summary] => Local cement manufacturers welcomed yesterday the quick response of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on several complaints over the reported presence of substandard cement in the market.
The Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) volunteered the use of its facilities to help the DTI’s Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) in testing cement suspected to have slag additives as it thanked the agency for its move to investigate two local cement brands suspected of selling adulterated products.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => No substandard cement flooding market - DTI
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) assured consumers yesterday that there is no substandard cement flooding the local market.
The DTI conducted an investigation following a letter from the Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corp. (Philcemcor) inquiring about reports of substandard cement.
Trade Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal Jr. said that the DTI regional offices regularly subject cement samples to a 28-day strength test.
Cristobal said he welcomes complains from consumers and the industry.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Roxas decision on cement tariff backed
[Summary] => Workers belonging to the unions of local cement manufacturing plants yesterday supported Trade and Industry Secretary Mar Roxas’ decision to continue the imposition of provisional tariffs on imported cement, citing that Roxas’ decision will not only save their jobs but also insure stability of local cement prices.
"Secretary Roxas is correct in upholding the tariffs because safeguards not only benefits industry and its workers but all sectors of society."
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-10 00:00:00
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