Bulacan has 'palengke-style' community pantries
(Jhane dela Cruz / Bgy. Bantog / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) In Barangay Iba in Hagonoy, a community pantry was set up in front of Iba Day Care Center and was tagged by social media users as “the biggest and the grandest community pantry” in Bulacan. Photos posted by chairwoman Jhane dela Cruz, who inspired the pantry, showed eggplants, cabbage, bitter gourd, kangkong (water spinach), string beans, tomatoes, and other vegetables piled on top of at least six long tables. Hundreds of eggs placed on trays and several sacks of rice, some of them repacked, were also being given for free. What ...
Source: mb.com.ph