{"id":248620,"date":"2020-03-17T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248620"},"modified":"2020-03-17T00:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:01:24","slug":"prrd-ensures-sufficient-food-supply-under-enhanced-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/17\/prrd-ensures-sufficient-food-supply-under-enhanced-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD ensures sufficient food supply under enhanced quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte announces the content of the resolution adopted by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) following the meeting at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on March 12, 2020. RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to provide the public with sufficient food supplies after placing the entire of Luzon under \u201cenhanced community quarantine\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a televised public address, he asked Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista\u00a0 to \u201cutilize all vehicles of government available\u201d to distribute food packages in communities amid reports of panic buying and hoarding of basic goods.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust go around\u2026maybe asking if there is somebody starving or in need of food. It behooves upon the barangay captain\u2026this is a mandatory duty. It does not have to have a law because the proclamation itself suggests that there is really a need for you to work with government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said local government executives who fail to provide communities with food will be liable for dereliction of duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe barangay captain should call a number and at least food, rice, and some\u00a0ulam puwede niyo ibigay sana para sa ating mga kababayan<\/em>\u00a0(viand that they can give to our citizens),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said those who refuse to work for fear of catching Covid-19 had no right to be in their elected positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a barangay captain who does not fulfill his duty in going around and trying to find out how the citizens are faring…if you are afraid to die of Covid-19, then you have no business being a barangay captain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bautista will spearhead these food supply initiatives, he said.<\/p>\n

He also bared that San Miguel Corp. president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang and other food conglomerates also promised to provide sufficient food.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been assured by Ramon Ang\u00a0mismo<\/em>\u00a0(himself) of San Miguel and other conglomerates that there will be sufficient food\u2014that there will be no hunger in the coming weeks because we have enough supplies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also urged local government executives to come up with their own measures to minimize the risk of contracting Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon will be in effect until April 12, coinciding with the entire end of the Holy Week.<\/p>\n

Under this quarantine, only private establishments providing basic necessities related to food, medicine, banks, power, energy, water, telecommunications, and the like will remain open.<\/p>\n

He decided to expand the quarantine after concluding that \u201cstricter measures are necessary\u201d to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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