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Article originally published on: <\/p>\n The Philippines\u2019 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has prompted businesses that any marketing\/commercial materials in\u00a0foreign languages<\/strong>\u00a0should have English and\/or Filipino translations. This is according to the Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 19-09, series of 2019, last 21 June 2019, which mandates:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe primary use of Filipino and\/or English in signages, billboards, advertisements, brochures, flyers, notices, advisories, labels, price tags\/lists, menus, receipts, and other business marketing materials. Foreign languages are allowed, provided the same are translated to English and\/or Filipino.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Every entity and establishment in the Philippines is expected to comply: producers, manufacturers, distributors, supply & chain, as well as sellers of consumer goods or services. Translation into English or Filipino languages for marketing purposes shall be as prominent as any foreign language. More importantly, the DAO also stipulated that \u201cthe use of Filipino language is not limited to Tagalog<\/a> but also includes regional and provincial dialects\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Business establishments proved to violate any of the provisions of the DAO \u201cshall pay the penalties ranging from PHP1,000.00 up to P300,000.00 while repeated offenders will face the cancellation of their business name certificate that was issued by the DTI, and revocation of business registration, permit, license, and any other regulatory clearances upon the recommendation of the Department to appropriate government agencies or units\u201d, quoted from the article.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Consumers are encouraged to report any violations to ConsumerCare@dti.gov.ph<\/strong>\u00a0or through the official DTI Consumer Care social media accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Article originally published on: https:\/\/mb.com.ph\/2022\/08\/15\/dti-prompts-businesses-to-translate-promotional-materials-in-english-filipino\/\u00a0 The Philippines\u2019 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has prompted businesses that any marketing\/commercial materials in\u00a0foreign languages\u00a0should have English and\/or Filipino translations. This is according to the Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 19-09, series of 2019, last 21 June 2019, which mandates: \u00a0\u201cThe primary use of Filipino and\/or English […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":35991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[868],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35999,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35990\/revisions\/35999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalizationpartners.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em>https:\/\/mb.com.ph\/2022\/08\/15\/dti-prompts-businesses-to-translate-promotional-materials-in-english-filipino\/<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nWho are the subjects of this order?<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n
What are the consequences to offenders?<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n