“Community pantries” for needy mushrooming in the Philippines Filipino bishops are encouraging free-food stations run by the people for the poor, to help ease hunger during the pandemic, as these “community pantries” expand rapidly across the country. By Robin Gomes Makeshift “community pantries” are popping up across the Philippines after the country’s Catholic bishops this week called on people to support the effort in the capital Manila to help the needy during the coronavirus pandemic. The call came after one such stall set up by a woman in Manila last week began replicating across the nation. Caring for one another