In its latest biennial report in December 2022, the European Commission’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List identified the Baclaran, Cartimar, Divisoria and Greenhills markets in Metro Manila, Philippines as offering a wide range of counterfeit goods on retail and wholesale basis. This is the...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has vowed to help clean up four local markets in the country flagged by the European Commission in its latest Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List as hubs of counterfeits and piracy activities. The agency in charge of protecting and...
Manila’s popular sprawling mass markets – Baclaran, Divisoria, Greenhils and Cartimar – have been tagged as hubs of counterfeit goods in the country by the European Commission Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List. In the latest biennial report in December last year, the EU Watch List identified...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) reported a 40 percent decrease in the number of complaints of counterfeiting and piracy filed with the agency in the January-November period this year versus the same period last year with fake apparel still accounting for the bulk of the...
CAVITE – Authorities collared a man for selling counterfeit cigarettes at the parking lot of a mall in Bacoor City on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Cavite Provincial Field Unit conducted an entrapment operation against the suspect, identified as Aaron L....
A woman was arrested by the police for using alleged counterfeit money to pay her taxi fare on Dec. 7 in Taguig. The suspect, identified as Elizabeth de Roxas, 40, was caught by Taguig police at Gate 3 on Chino Roces Extension in Barangay Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The counterfeit money used to...
In a piece of profanity-laced advice to the Officer-in-Charge of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Duterte suggested that smugglers be made to consume the fake medicines they have illegally brought into the country. President Rodrigo Duterte and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Be wary of accepting money from politicians who would attempt to buy your votes as you may have unknowingly been exchanging the country’s future for fake peso bills. The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Friday, Oct. 29, the arrest of two men in Cebu City who allegedly manufactured fake...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned the public on Monday, Oct. 4, against purchasing counterfeit drug products illegally sold through various means, including online. Food and Drug Administration FDA Director-General Enrique Domingo issued the warning following the increase in demand of...
Counterfeit luxury brand items, "ukay-ukay" (used clothing), and undocumented face masks worth P2.3 billion were recently uncovered from a warehouse in Mayzan, Valenzuela City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said. FAKE!-- Various counterfeit bags and clothes bearing brands such as Nike, Louis Vuitton,...
The undergarments brand reminds the public where to purchase its lingerie Josefina Manufacturing Inc. Philippines is cautioning the public on the proliferation of fake and imitation SO-EN Lingerie in many marketplaces including online. We are reminding our customers to only purchase SO-EN Lingerie...
The crackdown on illegal trade practices in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector has been intensifying, as jointly enforced by industry players and relevant law enforcement agencies of the government. lpg_petron As reported by industry player Solane LPG, roughly half-a-million worth of...
