Council committee ok's phone proposal

The city's committee on laws has approved a proposed ordinance that would curtail the sale of mobile phones that have no warranties against defects and to penalize the seller.

The proposed ordinance, authored by councilor Edgardo Labella, seeks to protect the public from buying defective mobile phones.

Labella said that most mobile phones that have no warranty have defects and because of the reduced prices compared to other regular phones, consumers tend to prefer these "no warranty phones" over the more expensive regular phones.

However, the committee recommended that mobile phone dealers or retailers specified in the ordinance should also include those that are not registered, those that have a pending application for registration with the National Telecommunications Commission, and those individuals that engage themselves in the same service.

In a separate development, the committee also approved a separate proposed ordinance renaming Sindulan Street in barangay Mabolo as Deogracias U. Tenazas Street.

The proposed ordinance stated that the late Deogracias U. Tenazas was a distinguished person who deserves the recognition of having a street carry his name.

"The residents in the area cannot find any justifiable cultural, historical, political, or social reason why this street is named Sindulan," said Dominador Tenazas as stated in Labella's proposed ordinance. - Noreen B. Napoles