MANILA, Philippines—Top Philippine defense and military officials have expressed support for the highly-popular community pantries and even offered help following a backlash on red-tagging by some counterinsurgency task force officials against people behind the pantries.
“Kindness is everyone’s color,” said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in a statement on Thursday (April 22). “Regardless of beliefs, as long as the desire to help is sincere, we will support it,” Lorenzana said.
He said the defense department was ready to help if asked to do so by local government units in areas where the pantries have sprouted to provide free food to people suffering from the eco…
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