The Defensoría del Consumidor (DPC) presented in the Economy Commission of the Legislative Assembly a proposal for reforms to the Consumer Protection Law with the purpose of eliminating parking and tipping fees in shopping malls in El Salvador.

The Ministerio de Economía (MINEC) through the Directorate of Hydrocarbons and Mines, activated a plan to verify the quality, quantity and prices of fuels at gas stations in the country, while the Defensoría del Consumidor (DC) will probe prices of food products and bottled water in convenience stores of these service stations nationwide.

The Centro de Estudios Ciudadanos de la Universidad Francisco Gavidia (UFG) conducted a survey on the Bitcoin Law and whether salvadorans are willing to accept or receive their salary under this modality.

The president of the Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma Federico Anliker, presented the first Public Private Partnership project expected to be executed in the country to increase the capacity and operations of the cargo air terminal of the Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador “San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez”.

With the signing of the letter of understanding, the Ministerio de Trabajo and the Cámara Salvadoreña de Turismo (CASATUR) seek actions and efforts on issues related to labor insertion.

The presentation of this tool was made by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, David Martinez; the representative of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Blain Cerney and the executive director of the Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA), Jose Emilio Suadi.

The minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya, participated in the launching of the “Inspectores Fiscales sin Fronteras”, program to fight tax evasion.

The Defensoría del Consumidor (DC) once again carried out the application of the national plan of inspections to avoid speculation and hoarding of products of the basic food basket, after the announcement of the increase in the minimum salary.

The minister of Labor, Rolando Castro, in the presence of Claudia Ibáñez, president of Amchan and Beatriz Peralta, manager of Sykes, announced the creation of 12 thousand new jobs for the benefit of the salvadoran population.