President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte in a national televised press briefing ensured the nation
most especially those living in the National Capital Region (NCR) that there
will be sufficient food supply during the duration of the enhanced community
quarantine.
During the press briefing he asked Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista to “utilize all
vehicles of government available” to distribute food packages in communities
amidst reports of panic buying and hoarding of basic goods.
“Just go around…maybe asking if there is somebody starving or in
need of food. It behooves upon the barangay captain…this 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,” he said.
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| President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (photo credit to PNA) |
The President said local government executives who fail to provide
communities with food will be liable for dereliction of duty.
“The barangay captain should call a number and at least food, rice,
and some ulam
puwede niyo ibigay sana para sa ating mga kababayan (viand
that they can give to our citizens),” he said.
He reminded those in the local government who refuse to work for
fear of catching Covid-19 had no right to be in their elected positions.
“If 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,”
he said.
DSWD Secretary Bautista will spearhead these food supply
initiatives, he said.
Under this enhanced community quarantine, only private
establishments providing basic necessities related to food, medicine, banks,
power, energy, water, telecommunications, and the like will remain open.
He decided to expand the quarantine after concluding that
“stricter measures are necessary” to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.
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