FOR:
ALL ZONE ADMINISTRATORS (ZAs) / ZONE MANAGERS (ZMs) / OFFICERS IN CHARGE (OICs)
ALL ECOZONE DEVELOPERS / OPERATORS AND LOCATORS
ALL OTHERS CONCERNED
FROM: Director General TERESO O. PANGA
DATE: 24 August 2023
SUBJECT: Unauthorized use of the PEZA Name and Logo
I have received complaints and reports that some entities operating specifically in the Visayas and Mindanao areas are misrepresenting and using the PEZA name and logo without authority in order to advance their interests to the detriment of the unsuspecting public.
I have issued the necessary warning to protect the PEZA name and the public. I have also directed the conduct of an investigation preparatory to the filing of appropriate charges when warranted.
Attached is the Notice to the Public / Warning for your widest dissemination.
W A R N I N G
This is to warn the public that UNIWEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION represented by its alleged President & CEO MR. REY G. BERADOR is NOT registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and is NOT in any way connected with PEZA and hence, is NOT authorized to issue any Certificate of Accreditation or any document for and in behalf of PEZA or any of its offices/units.
Based on information and reports that reached our office, UNIWEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and/or its alleged President & CEO MR. REY G. BERADOR has been issuing Certificates of Accreditation prominently displaying thereon the PEZA logo and seal, for a fee, to entice would-be investors to his alleged land development projects, specifically located in the province of Cebu and/or accreditation for contractors and manpower agencies wanting to do business inside economic zones. Any transaction entered into by UNIWEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and/or its alleged President & CEO MR. REY G. BERADOR as a result thereof is not sanctioned by PEZA and shall not be binding to PEZA.
We encourage the public to report to PEZA at odg@peza.gov.ph any knowledge, information or complaint regarding the transaction or operation of UNIWEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and/or MR. REY G. BERADOR on this regard.
We wish to warn the public that any unauthorized use of the PEZA name and/or logo shall be subject to administrative, criminal and/or civil prosecution under relevant laws.
For the information and guidance of the public.
Pasay City, 24 August 2023.
TERESO O. PANGA
Director General