Tag: Fake products

Philippine social media users face barrage of bogus medical posts

by Lucille Sodipe and Faith Brown Agence France Presse Manila, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine vlogger Rosanel Demasudlay holds a heart-shaped “virginity soap” bar in front of the camera and assures her hundreds of YouTube followers it can be safely used to “tighten” their vaginas. The video is part of a barrage of bogus and harmful medical posts on social media platforms where Filipinos rank among the world’s heaviest users. Even before Covid-19 confined people to […]

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In photos: P65 million worth of counterfeit products destroyed in Camp Crame

  (Eagle News) – More than P65 million worth of counterfeit products, including boxes of fake DVDs, cellphones, watches, shoes and bags, as well as cigarettes, were destroyed in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Friday, April 12. The event led by the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights was done as part of the activities for the celebration of Intellectual Property Rights month this April. There were also fake medicines that were confiscated and destroyed […]

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Estimated value of P6.7 billion counterfeit goods destroyed in Camp Crame

(Eagle News) — The Inter-agency Intellectual Property Task led by the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), destroyed an estimated value of Php 6.7 billion counterfeit goods. The counterfeit goods that were confiscated were destroyed by an armored personnel carrier (APC) at the Camp Crame police headquarters in Quezon City on Thursday, June 28. Among the counterfeit products that were destroyed by authorities were fake branded […]

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Mahigit P300-milyong halaga ng fake products, nasabat sa QC

QUEZON CITY, Philippines  (Eagle News) — Nasabat ng mga tauhan ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang kahung-kahon na mga pinekeng sigarilyo, seasoning mix at sabong pangligo sa tatlong warehouse sa Barangay Masambong sa Quezon City kamakailan. Sa taya ng BOC, papalo sa mahigit tatlong daang milyong piso ang halaga ng mga nasabat na smuggled at pekeng produkto na mula sa China. Ayon kay Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, dalawang buwang minanmanan ng enforcement and security service […]

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