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DTI probes sale of faulty steel bars in Leyte, Samar in Philippines- The 19th China (Guangzhou) Int’l Plate metal, Bar, wire, Metal Processing &Setting Equipment Exhibition
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Inquirer reported that Department of Trade and Industry has launched an investigation of reports that several hardware stores in Leyte and parts of Samar were selling substandard construction materials, notably steel bars. The investigation followed a report made by the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute which said test buys made in local hardware stores showed substandard concrete reinforcing steel bars, or rebars, were being sold.
Portia Teresa Calleja, senior trade and industry specialist of the DTI Eastern Visayas, said her office had already received a directive from the DTI central office about it.
A team from the DTI’s Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau went to the region for the investigation based on the Pisi report.
Calleja, however, said she was not privy to results of the investigation. She said that “We are not taking this issue in stride because we want to protect the public.”
According to the Pisi report, rebars that did not meet standards for tensile strength and were only 9 millimeters in diameter were being sold in hardware stores throughout Eastern Visayas.
Uncertified rebars were also found used in structures damaged by a recent quake in Kananga, Leyte.
Robert Cola, Pisi president, wrote to Trade Undersecretary Teodoro Pascua to reveal the findings.
Pascua, in response, formed a team to investigate and inspect hardware stores in Leyte last month.
Pisi conducted an investigation after Leyte, particularly Ormoc City and Kananga town, was hit by a 6.5-magnitude quake on July 6.
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