COVID-19: LGU Delivers Food Packs to Stranded Residents Outside Town

May 5, 2020 Tags: extralarge

A local government unit in Negros not only delivers food packs to all households in the town. It also transports food assistance to its residents in other municipalities and cities needing help.

Its mayor, at the same time helps other residents of his town displaced by the COVID-19 crisis or stranded in other places – even those across the seas by sending them money via money remittance outlets out of his own pocket.

Toboso Mayor Richard Jaojoco told newsmen that while no household was exempted in his distribution of rice and other foodstuffs as part of the assistance during the town’s lockdown, Enhanced Community Quarantine and now General Community Quarantine, the municipal government also delivered food packs to Toboseños outside the town.

Jaojoco said he cannot refuse his constituents’ request for help especially those trapped or displaced outside Toboso.

He said many Toboso residents working outside the town lost their jobs to anti-Covid measures. Some were trapped by the ECQ in their temporary addresses in other places but were not given aid as they are residents of Toboso.

When they asked for help, even those outside Negros, we brought help to them, the mayor said.

He said in the next round of distribution, he will add more contents to the food packs but will already exempt those who continue to receive salaries despite the community quarantine, such as government employees, businessmen and others who can afford without food assistance.

The video here is part of the media interview with Mayor Jaojoco on May 4

COVID-19: LGU Delivers Food Packs to Stranded Residents Outside Town; Mayor Sends Personal Money to Constituents Displaced in Other Places A local government unit in Negros not only delivers food packs to all households in the town. It also transports food assistance to its residents in other municipalities and cities needing help. Its mayor, at the same time helps other residents of his town displaced by the COVID-19 crisis or stranded in other places – even those across the seas by sending them money via money remittance outlets out of his own pocket. Toboso Mayor Richard Jaojoco told newsmen that while no household was exempted in his distribution of rice and other foodstuffs as part of the assistance during the town's lockdown, Enhanced Community Quarantine and now General Community Quarantine, the municipal government also delivered food packs to Toboseños outside the town. Jaojoco said he cannot refuse his constituents' request for help especially those trapped or displaced outside Toboso. He said many Toboso residents working outside the town lost their jobs to anti-Covid measures. Some were trapped by the ECQ in their temporary addresses in other places but were not given aid as they are residents of Toboso. When they asked for help, even those outside Negros, we brought help to them, the mayor said. He said in the next round of distribution, he will add more contents to the food packs but will already exempt those who continue to receive salaries despite the community quarantine, such as government employees, businessmen and others who can afford without food assistance. The video here is part of the media interview with Mayor Jaojoco on May 4.* (PA)

Posted by Negros Daily Bulletin on Monday, May 4, 2020