06/10/2026
๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐: ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
Kicking off October with high energy and a clear mission, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Quirino Provincial Office officially launched Consumer Welfare Month 2026 on October 1, 2026, at the Local Government Unit Grounds of Diffun, Quirino.
This year's national theme, โ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,โ set the tone for a morning that blended physical wellness with consumer advocacy. The opening activity brought together over 150 participantsโalongside the Quirino Consumer Networkโchaired by the๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐, co-chaired by the ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, and joined by member agencies including the provincial and field offices of the ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐,๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ and ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐. They were joined by local government units like ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ and ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐๐ป, and the academe represented by ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐.
Gracing the event, Quirino Province Governor, ๐๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฆ. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ, emphasized that safeguarding the public is a collective duty. โ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด,โ he stated.
Echoing this sentiment, LGU Diffun Mayor, ๐๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ป, welcomed the initiative and pledged local support. โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ,โ she shared.
Formally opening the month-long campaign, DTI OIC Provincial Director ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ highlighted the foundational pillars of a modern marketplace. โ๐๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ,โ Mayangat noted.
She added, โ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.โ
The October 1 launch serves as the springboard for a packed calendar of advocacy initiatives organized by the DTI Quirino Provincial Office through its Consumer Protection Unit. Throughout the month, consumer warriors can look forward to engaging forums, quiz bees, and product standards showcases aimed at fostering consumer welfare and protection among Quirinians.
To add excitement to the celebration, the DTI Quirino Provincial Office also recognized the outstanding efforts of the participants, awarding them cash prizes and exclusive DTI merchandise:
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ: Mr. Jesus David T. Sierra (QUIRELCO)
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ: Ms. Dhayana G. Garcia (QUIRELCO)
๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: Mr. Exen B. Claro (DICT), Mr. Jessie P. Gusi (DENR), and Ms. Villalyn P. Felipe (QUIRELCO)
From the DTI Quirino Provincial Office, everyone is invited to join the celebrationโHappy Consumer Welfare Month!
