DTI HOLDS 1ST NPCC MEETING FOR 2016 WITH NEW SECRETARY

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The Department of Trade & Industry set its first National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) Meeting for the year on 1/22/16 at the Conference Room Penthouse of the Board of Investments Building. NPCC Chairman, newly-appointed Secretary of DTI Adrian Cristobal, Jr., headed the Meeting which he used to handle as Usec. with then-DTI Sec. Manuel A. Roxas II.  The Session introduced the new Secretary to the Members of the Council as well as dealt with Usec. Dimagiba’s urging of manufacturers to roll back prices in view of the continuous price rollback of petroleum prices.  PAGASA was represented by its President Steven T. Cua and Treasurer Mykel V. Teodoro. Close-up of the people at the Head Table (L-R) shows Director Danilo B. Enriquez of DTI’s Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (in charge of monitoring of retail prices of basic necessities and prime commodities), DTI Usec. Victorio Mario A. Dimagiba, DTI Sec. Adrian S. Cristobal Jr. and DA Usec. Jose R. Reaño.

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