It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Pasig City as Pasigueno families have started receiving their “Pamaskong Handog” gift bags from the local government on Saturday, Nov. 26.
The Pasig local government prepared at least 30,000 gift bags for the inaugural rollout of the annual gift-giving program.
Residents from Barangays Pinagbuhatan (Proper) and Buting were the first batch to receive the gift packs.
The gift bags contain food products such as canned goods, hot cocoa milk sachets, as well as some noche buena items like Filipino style spaghetti sauce and pasta, elbow macaroni, mayonnaise, and cans of mixed fruit and creamer.
Schedules for the distribution will be posted daily every morning on the city’s official Public Information Office (PIO) social media pages.
Families residing in Barangays Pinagbuhatan (Proper), Malinao, and San Joaquin are anticipating their gift bags on Sunday, Nov. 27.
A distribution team will roam around the barangays to give the gift bags door-to-door.
To verify the recipients, each family must present a PasigPass QR code belonging to a single member of the family in order to acquire a single gift bag.
If there are multiple families living in a single household, there must be one PasigPass QR code, from a family representative, presented equivalent to the number of families.
For residents living in condominiums, a separate distribution schedule will be announced, in coordination with condominium administrators, the local government said.
Recipients of the gift bags have taken to social media to show their gratitude and appreciation for the local government’s program, with some noting the soaring prices of noche buena items sold in the markets.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto previously said the annual holiday “Pamaskong Handog” program does not discriminate and that all citizens are given gift packs regardless of political affiliations or connections.