The local government unit (LGU) of Manila may start distributing rice subsidies starting next week, City Mayor Isko Moreno revealed on Thursday night. | GabrielLaluINQ
“This is going to be delivered by next week in their respective barangays, hopefully, may awa ang Diyos , because we ordered 50,000 sacks of rice, that’s 2.5 million kilos of rice,” he added.
According to Moreno, with the 2.5 million kilograms of rice, they can provide around 571,000 households with at least three kilograms of rice each, although he admitted that it may not be enough for the duration of enhanced community quarantine , which will last until April 30. “As you can see, maraming-marami na, marami kanina, marami ngayon, pero sa totoo, wala pa ho ‘yan sa kalingkingan ng kakailanganin ng ating mga kababayan,” the local chief executive noted.
“If we have 571,000 families, at three kilos, that’s more or less 1.5 to 1.8 million. So may buffer pa kami, but it’s better na sobra kung sosobra, para maakap namin hangga’t maaari ang lahat,” he added. As of Thursday, there are 277 patients with COVID-19 in Manila, with 427 more patients under investigation.
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