HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Who would have thought that Filipinos themselves would provide a ray of hope amid the gloom and doom of the pandemic? But that’s exactly what has been happening for days now, with the setting up of community pantries in Metro Manila and in many parts of the country. The...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto lectured on Friday, April 23, the spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force for cracking down on organizers of community pantries. Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade, Jr. again earned the ire of senators for red-tagging volunteers who have...
The community pantry project has inspired many to put up their own. And the "Bucana Community Pantry" in Davao stood out because, not only did it offer food and other grocery items to those in need, it also included contraceptives that were a welcome sight to those who chanced upon them. Photos...
Actress Angel Locsin has issued a statement on the tragic death of a senior citizen who lined up at the community pantry she organized on Friday to coincide with her birthday. The lolo, identified as Rolando dela Cruz, 67, fainted while waiting in line at the community pantry. He died in a hospital...
A netizen recently exposed a good deed done by online content creator Erwan Heussaff. The Twitter user shared that Anne Curtis' husband "silently supported a cause" donating $2000 to Community Pantry PH fund drive. https://twitter.com/juswatiyan/status/1384903405773205510 Community Pantry PH...
Community pantries all over the country have one sole mission, to help the needy in bringing food to their table in this time of public health crisis. The initiative also inspired many local creatives, whether to produce artworks mirroring the kindness or make colorful signages and posts to adorn...
Erwan Heussaff and Isabelle Daza Support and love from Filipino artists to regular Juans continue to pour in to community quarantine all over the Philippines. The latest to show solidarity to the initiative (in discreet manner) is Erwan Heussaff. In a post by Twitter user @juswatiyan revealed that...
Actress Angel Locsin immediately issued an apology minutes after the tragedy that occurred at a community pantry she organized in celebration of her 36th birthday recently. "Pasensya na po. Hindi po ito ang intensyon ko. Gusto ko lang po makatulong sa mga tao," she said in a video statement posted...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, April 23, said some of the projects under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) may be redundant as they are already being implemented by other government agencies. Senator Nancy Binay (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Senate of the...
The Duterte administration should use Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade, Jr.’s skill for profiling to boost the government’s contact-tracing efforts to help combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the country, Senator Nancy Binay said on Friday, April 23. “Baka yung skill...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Natalie Tan Food security has always been a serious issue for the Philippines, particularly because a nation that calls itself an agricultural country shouldn’t have citizens who go hungry. This was the case before the pandemic, and now it’s only gotten worse. The week has...
Angel Locsin Kapamilya star Angel Locsin will turn 36 tomorrow, April 23, as she celebrates her birthday differently. On Instagram April 22, Angel said that she will put up a community pantry similar to the initiatives on Maginhawa Street in Quezon City organized by Ana Patricia Non. Angel's full...
