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Chinese groups donate medical supplies to Davao City
Piñol said local governments can start adopting MinDA’s Self-Sustaining Food Security Strategy (SSFSS).
“Let us not be unreasonable in implementing total lockdowns, especially at the barangay level. Loosen some guidelines so that our farmers and fishermen can still work and perform their jobs,” he said.
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Part of the SSFSS recommendation is for the governors and mayors to use their calamity funds or realign some of their budgets as authorized by the Bayanihan Act to support the farmers and fisherfolk in producing food.
“Let us not rely on our national agencies alone. It is also hard for them to mobilize because of the current situation,” he pointed out. Mindanao News
He also encouraged farmers and fishermen to produce more food, especially on rice.
“Any excess in food production must be absorbed by the LGUs and distributed to their constituents as food supply support,” Piñol said.
He said MinDA is also doing its part in ensuring that farmers’ products are given wider market access. (PNA)
Chinese groups donate medical supplies to Davao City By Che Palicte
DAVAO CITY – The city government here distributed medical supplies donated by various Chinese groups to hospitals in the region to be used by health personnel working to contain the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Matias Regis, Jr., chief of Investment and Trade Promotion and Generation Unit of Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC), said the 1,162 boxes of medical supplies donated by different Chinese groups to Mayor Sara Duterte have been distributed starting Sunday. Regis said Tuesday the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC)- -the designated Covid-19 facility for the region--was the first recipient of the donation. “Yesterday (Monday) we delivered the supplies to the private hospitals in this city and today we will now give it to the various hospitals in
Davao Region,” he said. He said the medical supplies arrived here in two batches on Friday (April 3) and Sunday via C-130, courtesy of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). He said supplies’ arrival was made faster with the help of the Bureau of Customs and the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD. “The cargoes were sanitized by the City Health Office (CHO) before it was transported for distribution,” Regis said. The first batch of medical supplies consisted of 1.1 million facemasks from Jinjiang Panpan Food Company, 500 units of infrared thermometer, and 3,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) from this city’s sistercity Jinjiang, China. The second batch of donations from Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian and the Davao Fil-Chinese MultiSectoral Association, Inc. includes 20 units of respiratory machines, 1,200 pieces infrared thermometers, 10,020 pieces of protective septic suits, 2,000 pieces face shields, 600 pieces’ protective goggles, 9,660 N95 masks, and 37,500 pairs of gloves. Regis said the CHO, Central 911, and the various Covid-19 patient care centers were among the recipients of the donated medical supplies. “We are optimistic that more donations will come in for our frontliners,” he said. (PNA)
