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                    [Title] => Red tide alert up in Samar
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The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has imposed a shellfish ban in Western Samar.

[DatePublished] => 2016-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1475310 [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249231 [Title] => DTI chief creates special task force to prosecute pyramiding cases [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima has finally created a special legal task force to prosecute pyramiding cases filed with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

"With the task force now in place, the DTI can now fast track the review of pyramiding complaints and hopefully clamp down on illegal marketing scheme that have been preying on innocent consumers including overseas Filipino workers," Purisima said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248619 [Title] => Real and fake multilevel network marketers [Summary] => Q. Mark David of Mandaluyong writes: "My friend is recruiting me to join this company. He says it’s a good way to earn big money–and fast. But I have to invest a few thousands first. Is this pyramiding? I sure need the money but I don’t want to do anything illegal.
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Trade and industry Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal said the DTI is adopting a three-pronged approach.

The first approach is to evaluate marketing plans of companies that are the subject of inquiries from the general public.

Second, Cristobal said, the DTI pursues administrative action, and if necessary, prosecutes cases.
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Says Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare and Supervising Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Adrian Cristobal Jr., "We are strengthening our fight against pyramiding by tapping the legal expertise of the different DTI agencies to help our DTI regional/provincial arbitration officers evaluate and prosecute, if needed, certain cases." [DatePublished] => 2004-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237750 [Title] => Reyna ng pyramiding scam,buhay reyna sa Makati City Jail [Summary] => ALAM n’yo bang buhay reyna pala sa bilangguan ang reyna ng pyramiding scam?

Ayon sa aking bubwit, 96 days na lang, eleksyon na.

Happy birthday muna kay dating Solicitor General Frank Chavez at Mayor Randolph Ting ng Tuguegarao City.
* * *
Alam n’yo bang buhay reyna ngayon sa Makati City Jail ang pangunahing suspect sa pyramiding scam?
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133166 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262852 [AuthorName] => Deo Macalma [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207476 [Title] => Victims seek cancellation of pyramid hucksters’ passports [Summary] => Victims of pyramiding investment scams are seeking the Department of Foreign Affairs’ cancellation of the passports of the people who allegedly duped them, to prevent their leaving the Philippines or compel their return since some have already gone abroad.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197234 [Title] => Small investors told how to avoid ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes [Summary] => Investment-savvy Filipinos manage to steer away from "get-rich-quick" schemes like pyramiding and "ponzi" operations by fully scrutinizing and undertaking some kind of a due diligence study on investment proposals that come their way.

The Performance Foreign Exchange Corporation (PFEC), a company engaged in the business of interbank spot currency trading, declared yesterday that the investing public can easily recognize pseudo-investment schemes by giving portfolios a thorough examination.
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Pyramid schemes promise consumers large profits based primarily on recruiting others to join their program, not based on profits from any real sale of goods to the public in violation of the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1589113
                    [Title] => Red tide alert up in Samar
                    [Summary] => 

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has imposed a shellfish ban in Western Samar.

[DatePublished] => 2016-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1475310 [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249231 [Title] => DTI chief creates special task force to prosecute pyramiding cases [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima has finally created a special legal task force to prosecute pyramiding cases filed with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

"With the task force now in place, the DTI can now fast track the review of pyramiding complaints and hopefully clamp down on illegal marketing scheme that have been preying on innocent consumers including overseas Filipino workers," Purisima said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248619 [Title] => Real and fake multilevel network marketers [Summary] => Q. Mark David of Mandaluyong writes: "My friend is recruiting me to join this company. He says it’s a good way to earn big money–and fast. But I have to invest a few thousands first. Is this pyramiding? I sure need the money but I don’t want to do anything illegal.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248338 [Title] => DTI launches nationwide campaign vs pyramiding [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is launching a joint nationwide education campaign with the Direct Selling Association of the Philippines (DSAP) to make the public more aware about pyramiding activity.

Trade and industry Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal said the DTI is adopting a three-pronged approach.

The first approach is to evaluate marketing plans of companies that are the subject of inquiries from the general public.

Second, Cristobal said, the DTI pursues administrative action, and if necessary, prosecutes cases.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246018 [Title] => Beware of the pyramid scheme [Summary] => There’s the food pyramid, there’s the inverted pyramid in newswriting, and then there’s the pyramid scheme, which is the object of an intensified crackdown by the Department of Trade and Industry under Secretary Cesar Purisima.

Says Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare and Supervising Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Adrian Cristobal Jr., "We are strengthening our fight against pyramiding by tapping the legal expertise of the different DTI agencies to help our DTI regional/provincial arbitration officers evaluate and prosecute, if needed, certain cases." [DatePublished] => 2004-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237750 [Title] => Reyna ng pyramiding scam,buhay reyna sa Makati City Jail [Summary] => ALAM n’yo bang buhay reyna pala sa bilangguan ang reyna ng pyramiding scam?

Ayon sa aking bubwit, 96 days na lang, eleksyon na.

Happy birthday muna kay dating Solicitor General Frank Chavez at Mayor Randolph Ting ng Tuguegarao City.
* * *
Alam n’yo bang buhay reyna ngayon sa Makati City Jail ang pangunahing suspect sa pyramiding scam?
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133166 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262852 [AuthorName] => Deo Macalma [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207476 [Title] => Victims seek cancellation of pyramid hucksters’ passports [Summary] => Victims of pyramiding investment scams are seeking the Department of Foreign Affairs’ cancellation of the passports of the people who allegedly duped them, to prevent their leaving the Philippines or compel their return since some have already gone abroad.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197234 [Title] => Small investors told how to avoid ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes [Summary] => Investment-savvy Filipinos manage to steer away from "get-rich-quick" schemes like pyramiding and "ponzi" operations by fully scrutinizing and undertaking some kind of a due diligence study on investment proposals that come their way.

The Performance Foreign Exchange Corporation (PFEC), a company engaged in the business of interbank spot currency trading, declared yesterday that the investing public can easily recognize pseudo-investment schemes by giving portfolios a thorough examination.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189811 [Title] => SEC works to tighten noose on get-rich-quick schemes [Summary] => Hoping to tighten the noose on get-rich-quick schemes, the Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking stricter sanctions against entities engaged in pyramid schemes by making this a non-bailable offense. [DatePublished] => 2002-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188945 [Title] => SEC bats for law banning get-rich-quick schemes [Summary] => The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing for the passage of a law that will ban pyramid or get-rich-quick schemes which have victimized thousands of unsuspecting investors due to the promise of high-yielding investments.

Pyramid schemes promise consumers large profits based primarily on recruiting others to join their program, not based on profits from any real sale of goods to the public in violation of the Consumer Act of the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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