DAVAO CITY – The development team of the Safe Davao QR (DQR) system is working on incorporating an additional feature to allow Dabawenyos to donate their “Pahalipay” grocery food packs to the residents affected by Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai).
During Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) on Wednesday, Lemuel Ortonio, Human Resource Management Office (HMRO) head, said, in response to demands for this new feature, said the software developers are doing all they can to roll it out in the earliest possible time.
“This proposal from another growing is being discussed. This was brought up last Monday during one of discussions and we are considering this. We’ve discussed this development team regarding and right now they are looking at the best possible way on how to incorporate it,” he said.
He added that the city government will announce once the feature is launched.
He said the city has prepared almost one million grocery food pack for the residents of this city, of which 36,000 have been claimed since December 8. Each grocery pack consists of assorted canned goods, 3 kilos of rice, and spaghetti pasta.
Last December 6, Mayor Sara Duterte announced that the city government will distribute grocery food packs to residents Davao City through the DQR system.
“We are expecting since dugay na ta nagagamit og DQR - more than one-year na, ang mga tao kabalo na sila mogamit. (We’re expecting that, since we’ve been using DQR for a long time now – more than year already – that the people already know how to use it. So everyone will receive their grocery packs through their DQR,” Duterte said.
The “Safe Davao QR” system, which is made available to residents, non-residents, and establishments including all private and government offices, was launched in November 2020 to hasten the contact-tracing system and prohibit non-essential movement of the people within the city in an effort to put the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection under control.
During its early phase, the DQR system encountered technical glitches, including issues on privacy, forcing the city government to postpone mandatory use of the DQR at establishments to February this year.