Zamboanga receives SMC donation to help feed residents

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The local government has received Saturday some P2 million worth of chicken and one thousand bags of flour donated by the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative and the San Miguel Consolidated Power Corporation.

 Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative and the San Miguel Consolidated Power Corporation donate chicken and flour to Zamboanga City government on Saturday. Gannymede Tiu, general manager of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (ZAMCELCO), handed over the donation to Vice Mayor Rommel Agan at City Hall.

Gannymede Tiu, general manager of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (ZAMCELCO), handed over the donation to Vice Mayor Rommel Agan at City Hall.

“The New ZAMCELCO, in partnership with San Miguel Consolidated Power Corporation, is giving out two million (pesos) worth of Magnolia chicken and one thousand bags of flour for bread-making to be distributed to selected member-consumers in Zamboanga City through the local government unit,” Tiu said.

All donations go directly to the Zamboanga City Social Welfare and Development Office which is solely in-charge in distributing them to beneficiaries.

San Miguel Consolidated Power Corporation is one of several suppliers of electricity to ZAMCELCO. It has donated also to different local governments since last month.

Ramon Ang, president and chief operating officer of San Miguel Corporation, said the donation will supplement the local government units’ food rations and provide added nutrition needed to help keep citizens healthy against the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The local government units need all the support they can get in making sure that their citizens do not go hungry and are free from an illness during the Covid-19 pandemic. Aside from our food donations, we’re providing them flour for them to bake bread,” Ang said.

SMC has also donated to army camps and nongovernmental organizations. Ang said many local governments have partnered with their local bakeshops to produce pan de sal, nutri bun and other kinds of bread to be sold at a discount to their constituents. The bread, he added, was also produced for distribution to impoverished communities as well as front-liners, including medical workers who are serving at local hospitals.

Ang said SMC will continue to help the national government and local governments in fighting off the pandemic any way it can, and by ensuring a stable supply of food in groceries, supermarkets, wet markets, and other distribution channels. At the start of the enhanced community quarantine, SMC assured the public that it had sufficient stocks to last for at least six months and that its plants would run 24/7.

SMC has donated hundreds of pesos worth of canned goods, meat products, biscuits, bread, and coffee, for distribution to depressed communities through the local governments, non-profit organizations, charitable institutions, and church-based groups. (Zamboanga Post)

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