News Briefs

MONITOR ESTABLISHMENTS

THE Cebu City Council called on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to monitor the compliance of public institutions and private business entities of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003 in relation to their treatment of senior customers.

Councilor Edgar Labella, who authored a resolution for this purpose, said some commercial establishments including drug stores in the city still lag behind in giving discounts to senior citizens.

He called on the agency to remind the commercial establishments to comply with the Senior Citizens Act especially in light of the holiday season, where the prices of basic and prime commodities usually rise due to peak consumer demand. Correspondent Edison delos Angeles

RAPS  FOR CUTTING TREES

THREE persons were charged with attempted theft for allegedly cutting down a couple of trees at the back of the legislative building in Barili town, Cebu.

Edwin Orosco, Hector Celis, and Leo Estrada were charged before the Cebu Provincial Prosecutors’ Office following a complaint filed by Barili Mayor Teresito Mariñas.

In his complaint, Mariñas said the municipal librarian called to inform him of the theft. The mayor’s personnel confirmed the finding but the suspects were long gone.

Mariñas said the respondents didn’t seek permission from him to cut down the trees. Reporter Ador Vincent Mayol