A group of travel agents has organized a pantry to aid workers in the travel trade sector who have been greatly affected by the pandemic. The project called “Travel Agents Pantry” was the brainchild of Marciano Ragaza III of Travel Enterprise, Jaison Yang of Travel Warehouse, Inc., Ritchie...
Happy Mother’s Day to all the inays, nanay, mommies out there, those with their spouses, single moms, or orphaned mothers! There is no other station in life as fulfilling as being a mother. I enjoy my motherhood, thanks to my children and their father. I loved my mother who showed us how to be a...
A community pantry in Muntinlupa, which has served thousands of people including prisoners, is wrapping up its drive today, May 8. (Clockwise from top left) Muntinlupa Community Pantry’s pop-up establishment in Tunasan, feeding program at Soldiers’ Hills in Putatan, prisoners at NBP, Mary...
When the government started giving ayuda in kind during the lockdown that started in March last year, Maria Monica Dizon-Alejo, a mother of three, noticed that there are no relief goods dedicated for babies. Thus, she thought of starting a non-profit organization she named Project: Happy Babies PH...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna - Local bakers here held a cake community pantry in Barangay San Francisco Calihan on Thursday (May 6) in early celebration of Mother's Day. Bakeology Eats & Treats owners Givelyn Virrey and Globelle Cadague told the Manila Bulletin that organizing the community pantry...
From a bamboo cart on Maginhawa Street, Patricia Non has inspired many Filipinos to open community pantries and share what they can to feed the poor. The woman behind this remarkable initiative is only 26 years old, a graduate of UP College of Fine Arts, and an entrepreneur running a small...
A Community Reading Pantry was set up in Tabotong Elementary School in Kiamba, Sarangani Province to give learners in nearby communities better access to various learning materials. (Photo from DepEd Philippines FB/ DepEd Tayo Sarangani) The Department of Education (DepEd), in Facebook post on...
The barangay councilor who drew the public's ire for posting a tarpaulin in his community pantry in Bulacan that was degrading to women has apologized. Marbin Garcia of Barangay Maysantol said in a Facebook post on Wednesday it was not his intention to disrespect women when he allowed a tarpaulin...
A woman was seen praying after getting some items from a community pantry in Marikina City, seemingly to thank God for the grace and blessing that she received. In a Facebook post, Marikina Heights Community Pantry organizer Cedric Moneda shared a screenshot of the message sent to him via Messenger...
A grocery-like community pantry that opened in the city of Marikina on Tuesday is using a unique coupon system for the distribution of goods to the public. (JEL SANTOS / MANILA BULLETIN) The community pantry, located in Barangay Nangka, is spearheaded by I-Fern. The pantry uses a coupon system...
BAY, Laguna - A group of performers contributed their talents to raise funds for a community pantry in front of the Saint Augustine Parish Church at Barangay San Agustin on Friday (April 30). Dan Alexander Abas / Manila Bulletin According to Justine D. Olaes, one of the volunteers of BAYanihan...
"Click what you need, suggest titles for others to pick!" To encourage learning and reading amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) library is offering a version of its community pantry with its free e-resources supplies available online. UST's...
