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Sara calls for stoppage to giving donations
A pharmacy along Gen. Luna Street in Davao City installs a huge transparent cellophane on Saturday as a precautionary measure to protect its employees from contracting COVID-19. Lean Daval Jr
By MAYA M. PADILLO ayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is calling out private individuals to stop giving donations directly to residents as this will jeopardize the imposed mandatory community quarantine.
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The mayor’s appeal come sat the heels of the city government’s preparation for the �irst round of distribution of relief goods scheduled March 23 to 27 to every barangay of Davao City. “Mag-remind ko sa atong private sector. Ka-
niadto pag duna ta’y diaster wala ko nagapugong sa private sector to give directly sa mga tao, ginapasagdan nako sila even if magdoble doble na. But this time katong mga tao nga naghunahuna nga muhatag for relief goods, ginabawal na namo
ang private sector nga maghatag ug relief goods directly sa mga tao,” Mayor Sara said in an interview on government-run Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) 87.5 on Saturday. Mayor Sara said relief goods operations initiated by private sector usually create chaos and disorganization. “This will cause people to mass gather. Magtapok ang mga tao, magdikit-dikit and ug nahimo nang inutil ang atoang quarantine. What we are trying to protect karon
sa syudad sa Davao is the quarantine para mabalik ta tanan sa atong normal na kinabuhi,” she said. The bene�iciaries of the ration cards are indigents and out of work employees, “no work, no pay” contractual workers and out of work, and self-employed and out of work employees because of COVID-19. “I think sa kani nga tulo ka parameters covered na tanan ang mga tao nga affected sa COVID-19. Kanang mga tao nga nasirad-an ug establishments,
ug mga tao nga wala na’y customers covered na sila as self-employed and all others na apektado,” she said. The mayor reminded the bene�iciaries of the ration card to make sure that they are in the masterlist of their barangay captain. “Kung naay lalis ug dili matagaan ni kapitan kay gi-reklamo nako siya kaniadto ug nasuko siya sa akoa this is the reason why we assigned team leaders to manage the problem. There is always
the City Mayor’s Of�ice who will decide on everything,” she said. Mayor Sara is optimistic that barangay captains will not think about politics this time of crisis as this is a city-wide initiative. “Daghan mga kapitan sa Davao City nga dili nato kauban sa pulitika pero ang atoang action is citywide ug wala ta’y gipili na barangay. Tanan barangays ug kapitan, we work with them,” she said. Each barangay cap-
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