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...
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...
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,...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is encouraging organizers of community pantries to include contraceptives such as condoms and pills in their list of essential pantry goods, if only to help promote family planning among poor Filipino families. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Sesang Bubble Friends community pantry in Novaliches, Quezon City dedicated to K-pop artist Kim Sejeong (Photos: Mafu) Filipino fans of K-pop artist and actress Kim Sejeong, star of the hit drama “The Uncanny Counter,” have opened a community pantry where people can get dinner ingredients...
Angel Locsin A video clip of Kapamilya star Angel Locsin giving money to the needy has started to go viral on Twitter on Sunday, May 2. No other details were given, as to what transpired or when it really happened, but Angel could be seen donating money to an unidentified man in a hospital, in...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Once a student of a Catholic college was being initiated into a Catholic organization. He was asked: "What are the most important requirements of our Christian faith?" Without batting an eyelash, he replied, "Going to Mass on Sunday and receiving Holy Communion."...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara We, Filipinos, are not known to easily give up. And in the face of adversity, we as a community are able to overcome either by helping each other out or receiving help from our kapwa. We have witnessed this in the past week or so with the emergence of the viral...
