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...
Plant enthusiasts get vegetable seedlings at DENR-NCR in North Avenue, Quezon City. (Photo courtesy of DENR-NCR) People are now also lining up at the Department of Natural Resources and Environment National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) office not to get food but instead pick free seedlings of...
Many commended beautiful young star Gabbi Garcia for helping establish a community pantry in her neighborhood. Some didn't appreciate it though. One of them actually reached out to Gabbi to air her displeasure. The netizen wrote, "Kailangan gawin muna ng mga walang kaya sa buhay to bago gawin ng...
Another government agency, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) denounces in the strongest terms any act of unjust profiling of community pantry organizers and expresses grave concern the statement of police authorities likening the selfless act of an organizer to that of satan’s. In a strongly...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta I am convinced that the policeman who first set his eyes on that community pantry in Quezon City must be afflicted with terminal dyslexia. Upon seeing a handwritten sign saying “community pantry” he read “communist party” and was alarmed at the audacity of...
Gabbi Garcia shared her blessings to those in need setting up a community pantry near her home. She talked about it on Instagram, saying: "Posting this with nothing but pure and good intentions. This is to inspire everyone that despite the situation, we can all help each other In our own little...
And these artists and their artworks capture it Who would have thought that such a humble gesture would inspire many to be of help to anyone in need. Community pantries have become the reigning symbols of bayanihan in our modern and pandemic times. What was started along Maginhawa St. in Quezon...
The spirit of community pantry continues The community pantry initiative spreads like wildfire all over the Philippines. And in Cagayan de Oro, another was established that is dedicated to help people in need of halal supplies. Led by Khal Mambuay-Campong, the halal community pantry is located in...
The EXO-themed community pantry in Malabon (Photos courtesy of Kristine Santos) Fans of K-pop idol group EXO have imbibed the “bayanihan” spirit and put up a community pantry in Malabon where people can get items for free. EXO-L Kristine Santos told Manila Bulletin that she and her...
As the community pantry spirit continues to spread in the country, fans of K-pop superstars BTS have set up their own in Cavite to help people in need amid the ongoing pandemic. The BTS ARMY Cavite Fanbase decided to establish two community pantries in Dasmariñas, Cavite: Windward Hills...
