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                    [Title] => Ex-Dumaguete treasurer 10 taon kulong sa overpriced na timbangan
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Halos 25 taon na ang nakalilipas ngunit nahabol pa rin ng batas ang isang dating treasurer ng Dumaguete City para sa kasong graft sa Sandiganbayan.

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The Sandiganbayan sentenced a former Dumaguete City treasurer to 10 years imprisonment for the purchase of an overpriced weighing scale in 1990. 

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It had scared her as she watched children held up, placed on panty-like cribs while a health worker read the needle on the Salter Scale.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1728282 [AuthorName] => Ruth G. Mercado [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909998 [Title] => Perseverance pays off for this hard working mom [Summary] =>

Amparo Policarpio, 74, can put young men and women to shame.

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  Authorities seized Friday more than 30 weighing scales from different vending stalls at the Kidapawan City public market illegally calibrated to “shortchange” unsuspecting customers.

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Mandaue City market administrator Mosoulini Soliva is disappointed with the Consumers Rights and Economic Welfare (CREW) for conducting an inspection of the Mandaue City public market Tuesday without informing his office. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1321282 [AuthorName] => Flor Z. Perolina [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 684283 [Title] => 200 defective weighing scales seized in QC market [Summary] =>

More than 200 weighing scales with no official seal from the Quezon City government were confiscated this morning from a public market, a radio report today said.

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The City Council is urging the Market Operations Division to campaign aggressively against vendors who use defective weighing scales to trick customers into paying more than what they get.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097538 [AuthorName] => Rene U. Borromeo [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447808 [Title] => CH destroys defective, old weighing scales [Summary] =>

The Market Operations Division of the Cebu City Treasurer’s Office yesterday destroyed 252 defective and dilapidated weighing scales it seized from the different markets in Cebu City last year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314648 [Title] => Market ID system eyed to stop tampering of weighing scales [Summary] => The I.D. system for market vendors is seen as a way to solve the problem on tampered weighing scales.

Market administrator Elpidio dela Victoria said it is difficult to stop the problem because those arrested for using tampered scales use fictitious names to escape charges.

"So once they have the proper identification cards, it is easy to track them down since their I.D. will be computerized together with their photo," Dela Victoria said.

A total of 300 defective weighing scales are up for destruction next week since the owners did not claim these.
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                    [Title] => Ex-Dumaguete treasurer 10 taon kulong sa overpriced na timbangan
                    [Summary] => 

Halos 25 taon na ang nakalilipas ngunit nahabol pa rin ng batas ang isang dating treasurer ng Dumaguete City para sa kasong graft sa Sandiganbayan.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140619/sandiganbayan.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414900 [Title] => Ex-Dumaguete exec faces 10 years in jail for graft [Summary] =>

The Sandiganbayan sentenced a former Dumaguete City treasurer to 10 years imprisonment for the purchase of an overpriced weighing scale in 1990. 

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-20 16:28:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140619/sandiganbayan.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949635 [Title] => Malnutrition suffers malnourished measurements [Summary] =>

It had scared her as she watched children held up, placed on panty-like cribs while a health worker read the needle on the Salter Scale.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1728282 [AuthorName] => Ruth G. Mercado [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909998 [Title] => Perseverance pays off for this hard working mom [Summary] =>

Amparo Policarpio, 74, can put young men and women to shame.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 807983 [Title] => Defective weighing scales seized in Kidapawan market [Summary] =>

  Authorities seized Friday more than 30 weighing scales from different vending stalls at the Kidapawan City public market illegally calibrated to “shortchange” unsuspecting customers.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-18 15:38:46 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741811 [Title] => Market boss unhappy with unannounced inspection [Summary] =>

Mandaue City market administrator Mosoulini Soliva is disappointed with the Consumers Rights and Economic Welfare (CREW) for conducting an inspection of the Mandaue City public market Tuesday without informing his office. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1321282 [AuthorName] => Flor Z. Perolina [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 684283 [Title] => 200 defective weighing scales seized in QC market [Summary] =>

More than 200 weighing scales with no official seal from the Quezon City government were confiscated this morning from a public market, a radio report today said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-10 10:49:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638207 [Title] => Crackdown on defective scales urged [Summary] =>

The City Council is urging the Market Operations Division to campaign aggressively against vendors who use defective weighing scales to trick customers into paying more than what they get.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097538 [AuthorName] => Rene U. Borromeo [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447808 [Title] => CH destroys defective, old weighing scales [Summary] =>

The Market Operations Division of the Cebu City Treasurer’s Office yesterday destroyed 252 defective and dilapidated weighing scales it seized from the different markets in Cebu City last year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314648 [Title] => Market ID system eyed to stop tampering of weighing scales [Summary] => The I.D. system for market vendors is seen as a way to solve the problem on tampered weighing scales.

Market administrator Elpidio dela Victoria said it is difficult to stop the problem because those arrested for using tampered scales use fictitious names to escape charges.

"So once they have the proper identification cards, it is easy to track them down since their I.D. will be computerized together with their photo," Dela Victoria said.

A total of 300 defective weighing scales are up for destruction next week since the owners did not claim these.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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