{"id":249899,"date":"2020-03-25T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249899"},"modified":"2020-03-25T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:17:00","slug":"public-allowed-to-buy-receive-food-sans-quarantine-slips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/25\/public-allowed-to-buy-receive-food-sans-quarantine-slips\/","title":{"rendered":"Public allowed to buy, receive food sans quarantine slips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Local government officials of Barangay Salitaran III issue and check quarantine passes at Molino Homes 2, Salitran 3 in Dasmari\u00f1as City, Cavite on Monday (March 23, 2020). (PNA photo by Gil Calinga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Local officials should give food packages to Filipinos whether or not they presented a quarantine pass or voter\u2019s identification (ID), Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o said requiring a quarantine pass or voter\u2019s ID is not part of the guidelines under the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi<\/em>\u00a0requirement\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0voter\u2019s ID\u00a0para bigyan ka ng<\/em>\u00a0quarantine pass or\u00a0bigyan ka ng<\/em>\u00a0food assistance (The voter\u2019s ID is not a requirement for you to be given a quarantine pass or food assistance),\u201d he said in a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

While it may be a good control measure, he said there is no \u201chard rule\u201d to require passes or IDs as long as their constituents strictly observed social-distancing of at least six feet away from each other.<\/p>\n

He urged the public to report barangay officials who treated them unfairly so that they can immediately be penalized.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi tama \u2018yan. Yan yang tinatawag na epal na mga barangay<\/em>\u00a0captain.\u00a0I<\/em>-report\u00a0niyo sa\u2019min ang pangalan, anong barangay, aaksyunan natin \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s not right. That\u2019s what you call self-promoting barangay captains. Report their names, which barangay and we will take action),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also warned barangay officials to think twice about how they treated their constituents as it would be their basis for electing new officials during the next elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalayo pa ang eleksyon. Kalimutan niyo ang eleksyon<\/em>\u00a0(Elections are far away. Forget about elections). But what you\u2019re doing now will be the basis of the people whether you\u2019ll be elected or not in the next election. Tandaan niyo \u2018yan (Remember that),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also said the public should also be allowed to buy food regardless if they presented passes or IDs or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith or without quarantine pass,\u00a0ang tao dapat payagan bumili ng pagkain kapag siya ang<\/em>\u00a0representative\u00a0ng pamilya<\/em>\u00a0(persons should be allowed to buy food if they are the representative of their family),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The \u201cno mask, no entry\u201d policy is also not under the quarantine\u2019s guidelines given the limited supply of face masks, he said.<\/p>\n

Supermarkets, pharmacies, and restaurants should still accommodate persons not wearing face masks as long as they observed social distancing of at least six feet away from each other.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also urged local officials to lift window hours for buying food to prevent crowding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m advising all LGUs to lift the window hours for marketing or buying because\u00a0kapag naglagay ka ng<\/em>\u00a0window hours\u00a0kinukumpol-kumpol mo lang yung mga tao lalo<\/em>\u00a0(if you place window hours, there would be a large number of people gathered together),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Poor first<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a Laging Handa public briefing, Interior Undersecretary Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya urged the public to give courtesy to the poor by declining food packages if they could afford to buy their own food.<\/p>\n

\u201cLahat po tayo ay magtulungan ngunit ang prayoridad po ng gobyerno ay iyong mahihirap, at sila po ang tutulungan natin<\/em>\u00a0(Let\u2019s all help each other but the priority of our government will be the poor, let\u2019s help them),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary Nograles assured that middle-income families may not receive food or cash assistance but will be given other forms of assistance such as extending the grace period for payment of loans.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa<\/em>\u00a0(For the) middle-income sector, there are other ways that government can help you. If it\u2019s not food or cash assistance, it\u2019s in other ways,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Under the newly-signed Bayanihan to Heal As One law, a technical working group will be tasked to develop a Social Amelioration Program to help local government units (LGUs) with depleted calamity funds.<\/p>\n

Nograles said the government will put up PHP275 billion to augment the resources of the LGUS in combating the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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