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Senate chief pushes Better Business Bureau
Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero
Senate President Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero (D-Saipan) has introduced a bill that seeks to establish a Better Business Division within the Department of Commerce.
DeLeon Guerrero stated in Senate Bill 23-38 that the proposed bureau can issue business reliability reports, strengthen fraud prevention, deal with complaints and dispute violations, push for truth-in-advertising, and carry out consumer and business education.
She underscored the need to establish an entity within the CNMI government to protect consumers against unfair, misleading, or fraudulent advertisement and selling practices.
The Senate president stated in the bill that the Division of Better Business Bureau may investigate and set standards for business practices, receive complaints of improper practices, and conduct educational campaigns, alerting the public to methods of deceit and fraud in advertising and selling.
The bureau shall be headed by a director appointed by the Commerce secretary.
Among the bureau’s duties and responsibilities is to scrutinize the language of advertisements, write-ups, and documentation illustrating the description of products or services offered by businesses, companies, and corporations.
