Malacañang urged organizers of different community pantries to coordinate with their barangays or local government units to make sure that protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) such as physical distancing are being followed. File photo (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, April 26, admitted he was among the senators who voted in favor of the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), a presidential task force established to provide a whole-of-nation approach to combat insurgency....
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. recently defended actress Angel Locsin after the latter's community pantry resulted in chaos and the death of a senior citizen. https://www.instagram.com/p/CN9y9NWF7jD/ "No forgiveness needed; at least she tried to...
President Duterte may announce the new quarantine classification for the month of May on Wednesday, April 28 as his weekly public address was also moved to the said date, Malacañang said. President Duterte (File Photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the announcement a few days before...
Actress-TV host Karla Estrada hapilly announced on social media the efforts of her friends to organize a community pantry in her hometown of Tacloban coinciding with her son Daniel Padilla's 26th birthday today. View this post on Instagram She shared on Instagram, "Maraming maraming salamat sa...
Local government units (LGU) were urged to craft guidelines for community pantries to ensure that health and safety measures would still be observed. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Although community pantry organizers are not required to secure a permit to conduct such humanitarian...
The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) in Taguig has established community pantries in the city’s 28 barangays where people can get free food and supplies. Sangguniang Kabataan community pantry in Barangay Maharlika in Taguig (Brgy. Captain Harry Pautin / MANILA BULLETIN) Launched in collaboration with...
Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao has filed a bill to create a system by which the government and the private sector could work together in fighting involuntary hunger which has become more widespread because of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Senator Emmanuel “Manny”...
Did you miss out on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) "community pan-tree" last week? If so, don't fret. The DENR-National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) office announced on Monday, April 26 that their special pantry will be back for at least two days this week. (Mark Balmores/...
The Santisimo Rosario Parish and University of Santo Tomas (UST) Simbahayan Community Development Office have opened "kindness station," the university' own twist to the community pantry initiative. Kindness Station (Photo courtesy of SantÃsimo Rosario Parish - UST Two stations were set up on...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged on Monday, April 26, community pantry organizers to think of ways for senior citizens to benefit from their service, citing the risk of having people 60 years above to endure long queues amid the threat of the coronavirus disease...
The government's pandemic task force is set to take another look at the healthcare system of the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area before deciding on its quarantine classification for the month of May. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
