MANILA, Philippines — Timor-Leste has set up its first community pantry, taking inspiration from the popular initiative of a Filipino businesswoman in Quezon City, but which is now subject to government probe for alleged links to the communist propaganda.
In a Facebook post Wednesday, Vice Consul of the Philippine Embassy in Dili Laser Sumagaysay said that after the economic crisis brought by the recent flooding in Timor-Leste, on top of a year-long lockdown due to COVID-19, he discussed with some Timorese friends and diplomats the concept of “bayanihan” in the Philippines.
Sumagaysay said he showed photos of some of the community pantries that have popped up everywhere in th…
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