COVID food pantry operators draw accusations of communism in the Philippines By Barnaby Lo
April 26, 2021 / 4:56 AM / CBS News
Manila, Philippines Julie Ann de Leon is homeless and jobless. At 52, she also has four children to feed. She used to make up to $15 per day helping drivers of jeepneys, the Philippines version of mini-bus taxis, find passengers in Manila. But coronavirus lockdowns have upended the public transport sector, and De Leon is lucky now to bring home 75 cents in a day.
Julie Ann de Leon visits the Maginhawa community food pantry in Quezon City, a suburb of the Philippines capital Manila, April 26, 2021.