MANILA, Philippines — The Maginhawa community pantry will continue despite incidents of police profiling and Red-tagging.
So declared the woman behind the popular initiative that took neighborhoods across the country by storm, firmly believing that far more people need the pantry in order to survive the pandemic than those who merely criticize it.
Ana Patricia Non even urged critics to join — at best, establish their own community pantry in their respective neighborhoods.
“Tutuloy po namin kasi mas marami ang nangangailangan kaysa sa nagbabatikos,” Non pointed outduring an online press conference Tuesday.
“Hindi ko rin kina-cancel out ‘yung mga nagbabatikos. Instead, w…
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