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...
A Filipino teenager was punched in the head and suffered from a racial slur while playing at a basketball tournament in Oakland, California. SCREENSHOT FROM THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY KPIX 5/ MANILA BULLETIN The boy, identified only by his first name, Evan, was playing at the Battle of the Bay...
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...
President Duterte is not seeking an end to the operations of community pantries despite raising concerns that these might cause the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said Tuesday, May 4. People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30,...
"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...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Tuesday, May 4, reiterated that quarantine measures alone such as enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will not curb coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over...
President Duterte wants Filipinos to think twice before lining up to community pantries, comparing it to a “wholesale” where one can get food items along with the coronavirus that has infected more than a million people since last year. Although he did not directly refer to the community...
In a village up north, a community pantry literally goes out of its way to reach more vulnerable families. NOT YOUR ORDINARY COMMUNITY PANTRY -- A moving pantry in Cataggaman Nuevo, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan delivers food to families using a "kareta" pulled by a carabao. (Photo courtesy of the...
Leyte Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday appealed to lawmakers to reconsider proposals to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) warning such moves would reduce the government’s gains in the fight against local insurgency. Torres-Gomez proposed...
Is Metro Manila's critical hospital care capacity out of the danger level? Health Secretary Francisco Duque inspects a temporary health facility at Eva Macapagal Terminal in Manila on April 26, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) Based on the latest computation of Malacañang, the critical care...
This organization proves Philippine coins still have value and uses them for their mobile pantry. In just a span of two weeks, the community pantry grew in more than a thousand locations across the country. The movement even reached beyond our borders with countries like Timor-Leste and Phuket,...
