Published April 26, 2021, 12:49 PM
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Monday that there are more than 30 community pantries in San Juan that are offering “bayanihan” (community assistance) to those who were affected by the imposition of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in Metro Manila and in the nearby provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora
(Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
“We have about 30 community pantries all over San Juan and I’m sure that this number will be increasing per day because I see it on social media and I also see it when I go around by bike or by car,” Zamora said in an interview with CNN Philippines.
As community pantries have popped up across the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) asked Monday, April 26, organizers of "relief distribution drives” to closely and properly coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) to ensure the smooth, and orderly conduct of s
Published April 25, 2021, 2:25 PM
Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra on Sunday, April 25, said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) “may investigate on its own” the incident involving a senior citizen who passed out while waiting in line at the community pantry of actress Angel Locsin in Quezon City and who later died in a hospital.
Guevarra said there was no need for him to order an NBI investigation on the April 23 death of Rolando dela Cruz, 67 years old.
He also declined to comment whether someone should be held liable over Dela Cruz’s death.
“I may pre-judge the case if a complaint is filed by any interested party,” he explained.
SunStar QC tells residents at Angel Locsin’s community pantry to get tested
MANILA. In this photo taken on April 21, 2021, members of Quezon City Task Force Disiplina enforce physical distancing and other health protocols at the Maginhawa Community Pantry. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo)
+ April 25, 2021 THE Quezon City Government has urged its residents who went to the community pantry established by actress Angel Locsin to have themselves tested for the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The RT-PCR test for Sars-CoV-2 is free through http://bit.ly/QCfreetest, according to Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) chief Rolando Cruz.
“Hindi natin puwedeng isantabi ang posibilidad na nagkahawaan dahil sa dami ng dumalo. Mabuti nang makasiguro na hindi natin mahawaan ang ating pamilya at mga kasama sa komunidad,” Cruz said in a statement on Saturday, April 24, 2021.
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