DID YOU KNOW: October is Consumer Welfare Month

October was declared Consumer Welfare Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 1098 signed on Sept. 26, 1997, by then President Fidel V. Ramos.

According to the proclamation, there is a need to focus national attention on the role consumers play in the vitality of the economy.

The Department of Trade and Industry is among the lead agencies in charge of the celebration. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research