NGCP donates P1-B to national gov't for Covid-19 response efforts

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO---In support of President Rodrigo Duterte and the national government’s efforts to combat the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Philippines, grid operator and transmission service provider National Grid Corporation of the Philippines ( NGCP) donated P1-billion to aid medical frontliners.

In a letter to the President, NGCP declared its support to the ongoing battle against the pandemic with a P500,000,000 donation in the form of goods and medical equipment and another P500,000,000 for the procurement of other COVID-19 response measures, as may be determined by the Office of the Presid en t .

“Through our initial coordination with their Office, we were instructed to donate entirely in the form of medical equipment, with specific items such as video laryngoscopes, ventilators, and total face masks,” stated the company.

The P1-billion donation is over and above earlier NGCP assistance, including a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE), face masks, meals, and other supplies for the frontline workers in the health industry and the Meals on Wheels program conducted to distribute hot meals to indigent members of the community.

NGCP’s technical partner, the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), also donated 500,000 face masks through the Philippine Red Cross.

“Our stakeholders, particularly the public, can be assured that NGCP will continue to look for opportunities to support the government in battling this pandemic. We recognize that the only way to defeat this global health threat is through our collective efforts,” stated the company.

ANGELES CITY--Mayor Carmelo "Pogi" Lazatin Jr., procured P10 million worth of Vitamin C supplements for poor senior citizens from the 33 barangays here.

The distribution of the supplements will be scheduled beginning April 15, 2020 at every barangay through house-to-house visits, aiming to cover the 25,000 senior citizens in the city, who belong to indigent families.

With this, Lazatin tasked the City Health Office (CHO), Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), Gender and Development (GAD), and the City Information Office (CIO) to lead the distribution of the supplements.

Lazatin said this is to help boost the immune system of senior citizens in the City, since the World Health Organization (WHO) states that the elderly is more susceptible in contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Moreover, the senior citizens in the city also regularly receive social pension, financial, and medical assistance from the city government since Mayor Lazatin assumed office in July 2019.