Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO) Hontiveros said state agents’ “heavy-handed” tactics against community pantries are not just undemocratic but “they also punish Filipinos who are already suffering because of the pandemic and who desperately need the lifeline extended by these community pantries.” “Bakit isusuplong ang tumutulong? Huwag naman nating patayin ang natitirang pag-asa ng ating mga kababayan. Pagtutulungan at pagdadamayan ang kailangan hindi karahasan o pananakot (Why report on those who are helping out? Let’s not kill whatever hope is left of our fellowmen. Teamwork and reciprocity is what we need not violence or intimidation),” Hontiveros said.