Residents of Surigao Sur town get one sack of rice each from municipal government

A resident carries a sack of rice from a storage house in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. Photo courtesy of Mayor VJ Hotchkiss Pimentel Facebook page SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 15 July)…

A resident carries a sack of rice from a storage house in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. Photo courtesy of Mayor VJ Hotchkiss Pimentel Facebook page

Mayor Vicente Pimentel III said local revenues were used to purchase the rice worth P17,000 as payback to the residents of the town’s 14 barangays. Pimentel promised to give rice only to his supporters but decided last week to include all families in Carrascal regardless of who they voted for in light of economic hardships caused by inflation.“Above all, the money bought for the rice assistance are funds of the people not my personal funds,” he said in an interview via a messaging app on social media.

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