{"id":266042,"date":"2020-08-21T03:52:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T07:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266042"},"modified":"2020-08-21T03:52:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T07:52:52","slug":"more-refrigerated-containers-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/21\/more-refrigerated-containers-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"More refrigerated containers installed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_266043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266043\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/082120-refrigerated-containers-reefer-containers-via-dotr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266043 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/082120-refrigerated-containers-reefer-containers-via-dotr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/082120-refrigerated-containers-reefer-containers-via-dotr.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/082120-refrigerated-containers-reefer-containers-via-dotr-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;PALAMIGAN SA BAYAN&#8217;. Philippine Ports Authority general manager Jay Santiago (2nd from left), Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) chief Narciso Vingson Jr. (3rd from left), and other government officials pose for a photo with a pair of refrigerated container units in July this year. Vingson said the program has since distributed several refrigerated containers to different local government units. (Photo courtesy of DOTr via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As a means to help both farmers and fishermen cope with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) said on Thursday it has installed several refrigerated containers in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAng nilalayon po nito ay tulungan ang ating<\/em>\u00a0[local government units]\u00a0<em>na mag-preserba ng<\/em>\u00a0perishable goods\u00a0<em>at<\/em>\u00a0farm products\u00a0<em>lalo na sa gitna ng<\/em>\u00a0Covid-19 pandemic (This aims to help our LGUs preserve perishable goods and farm products especially in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic),\u201d said Narciso Vingson Jr., MARINA chief, in a virtual briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The refrigerated containers, donated by its partners in the shipping industry, have been transported to several LGUs, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The program, called &#8220;Palamigan sa Bayan&#8221;, has distributed refrigerated containers to Ormoc, Leyte; Dingalan, Aurora; San Agustin, Romblon; Romblon, Romblon; Tuguegarao, Cagayan; Provincial Government of Cebu; Provincial Government of Bataan; San Remigio, Cebu; Bato, Leyte; Tubigon, Bohol; Claveria, Cagayan; and Iloilo City.<\/p>\n<p>Vingson added that the project is ongoing, with plans to distribute more refrigerated containers in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The program was launched by the Department of Transportation in late 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 As a means to help both farmers and fishermen cope with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the Maritime Industry &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":266043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266044,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266042\/revisions\/266044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}