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Published April 22, 2021 1:54pm The People s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) of Quezon City has formally sought explanation from city police chief Police Brigadier General Antonio Yarra regarding the alleged red-tagging of Maginhawa Community Pantry organizers and volunteers. In a letter dated April 20, PLEB also asks Yarra to explain the use of the Quezon City Police District s Facebook page for matters which appear to perpetuate red-tagging. It is beyond comprehension why allegedly certain members of our PNP approached them to ask for the organizer s cellphone number and her affiliations, said lawyer Rafael Calinisan, PLEB executive officer, in a statement. Yarra has already apologized to the organizer of the Maginhawa Community Pantry over a social media post supposedly red-tagging the volunteers.
What to do when cops approach your community pantry
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 21) Authorities are not allowed to conduct any form of profiling in areas where community pantries are established. But how can organizers and volunteers protect themselves from potential security threats?
Interior Undersecretary and Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya on Wednesday told CNN Philippines The Source that community pantry organizers may take videos of approaching cops to establish evidence against those violating orders. Sa panahon ngayon ganoon na di ba? he said. Everybody has a cellphone. Kung totoong may nangyari na ganyan, kunan nila ng picture. Kahit patago, kunan lang ng video, that could establish it.
Philippines 19 Apr 2021
Two women sit idly by at the spot of the original community pantry on Maginhawa Street in Quezon City after small business owner Ana Patricia Non, who ignited the food aid movement, announced a “pause” on April 19. - SCREENSHOT FROM NTF-ELCAC FACEBOOK PAGE
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Malacañang on Tuesday (April 20) said the government’s anticommunist task force should leave the community pantries alone after the agency linked the citizens’ movement to the insurgency, forcing the young woman who started it to temporarily shut down her aid station for the safety of volunteer workers.
President Rodrigo Duterte backs these citizens’ initiatives to provide food aid to the needy who are struggling to survive the pandemic which had crippled the economy, according to his spokesperson Harry Roque.