PAGASA was invited to attend a series of TWG Meetings on the proposed amendments to the Consumer Act of the Phils. under House Committee on Trade & Industry. Meeting is chaired by Mr. Jonatan Lopez (under Comm. Chairman Rep. Marvie Mariño) in photo.

This is a series of six TWG Meetings of which concerns of PAGASA are in three of these Meets. On its 1st Meet on 16 January 2023, the Group tackled Declaration of Principles, Definition of Terms (Who is considered a buyer? A retailer? An online retailer, etc. Prices? Tags?) and Consumer Rights & Responsibilities.

At this Meet were FDA Dir. Atty. Emilio L. Polig, DTI-FTEB's Marimel Dancel Porciuncula, Eric Silva of the Ofc. of Chairman Mariño, FDA's Div. Chief Heken N. Ocampo, Nat'l. Assn.of Consumers, Inc. (NACI) Pres. Jose Pepito, Laban Konsyumer's Jorge Bandola and PRA Chairman Atty. Paul Angelo Santos aside from many others.

Year-end interviews for PAGASA's STC on 28 and 30 December 2022 with veteran broadcaster Vic Lima (below) and Jon Ibañez, both of DWIZ and IZ TV.

It was pretty normal for PAGASA to be invited to four to five interviews in less than 24 hours during the Christmas Season like these on Teleradyo, Balitanghali, DZBB Live & "24 Oras" from 22-23 December 2022.

PAGASA's STC jests with TV Show hosts Peter Musngi and Rica Lazo on their early night show on 13 December 2022. Topic was how to fit a Noche Buena meal for a family of five given a budget of P500!

On the afternoon of 13 December 2022, PAGASA participated in deliberations on what to do with all these plastic in our environment. The country now ranks highly among nations which contribute the most micro plastics into the oceans affecting the fish that we eat as well as used plastic polluting our solid waste. Chaired by Atty. Dilbert Quetulio/Secretary of the House Committee on Ecology, some 93 participants aired their views regarding Extended Producers Responsibility as the most doable approach in Plastic Waste Management without totally banning plastics in its many usage in the economy. Discussions ranged from the collection of used plastics (and resistance of the public to surrendering these)  to determining non-environmentally acceptable products (NEAP) like plastic straws/stirrers, etc. to the social impact of toxins in waterways during recycling. Various stakeholders from the private/NGO & public sector gave their serious comments, suggestions & reservations. On board at this Meeting were PARMS' Crispian Lao (also a Commissioner at the National Solid Waste Management Commission), Marian Ledesma/Green Peace, Mario Estrada of AFMP, PCAP's very active Jeremiah Sebastian, PCFMI, Zero Waste Coalition, Mother Earth Foundation, et. al.

On the eve of 12 December 2022, PAGASA's STC was interviewed at Welcome Bac, his supermarket in Baclaran, Parañaque. Gretchen Ho and Jester de los Santos anchors for TV 5's "The BIG Story."

The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform invited PAGASA as a resource person on the morning of 12 December 2022 to the Senate for the issue on salmon & pompano sold in supermarkets/wet markets when in fact for the last 20 years, there's a law which prohibits the selling of these to households (supposedly to protect local fisherfolk from undue competition of imports & smuggled fresh fish). Actually, these two types of fish may be importted given regulated permits by BFAR for use by commercial/industrial establishments only & not to be sold to the public as fresh fish. Pompano aka pomfret or butterfish are locally grown too which complicates regulation.

On the eve of 9 December 2022, the Board of PAGASA (including their wives) held a Christmas Party at the Manila House Private Club at the BGC. Board Director Robert Go opened Store # 69 at the 2nd class municipality of Hilongos, Leyte earlier that same morning and attended the festivities at night straight from NAIA. The Board missed Dir. Edna Ontiveros, Dir. Fred Gravador & Dir. Kim Reyes that fateful evening.