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INC donates PhP13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies to help QC hospitals, frontliners
INC donates PhP 13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies to help QC hospitals, frontliners
Date Posted: April 6, 2020
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte receives ₱13.2 million worth of personal protective equipment and medical supplies from the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) for the city’s health workers and frontliners in the fight against COVID-19 on Saturday, April 4, 2020. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) once again extended help to the Quezon City government by donating PhP13.2 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPEs), vitamins, disinfectant, and other hospital needs for the city’s frontliners.
In a statement, INC General Auditor Glicerio B. Santos Jr. said that the donation was made upon the directive of INC Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, to support health care workers and frontliners in the campaign against COVID-19.
“Itong ikalawang donasyong ito ay matapos mabalitaan ni Ka Eduardo na nakapakarami nating mga frontliner sa mga ospital lalo na sa mga government hospital na nahihirapan dahil sa kakulangan ng mga gamit (This second donation came about after Brother Eduardo learned that many frontliners, especially those in government hospitals, are having difficulties because of lack of equipment),” INC minister Santos said.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte receives ₱13.2 million worth of donations from the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) for the city’s health workers and frontliners in the fight against COVID-19 on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Also in the photo is Atty. Glicerio “GP” Santos IV, the CEO of the Maligaya Development Corporation. (Eagle News Service)
The donation included 300 boxes of thermal scanners, 3,000 boxes of surgical gloves, 3,000 boxes of OR caps, 3,000 gallons of alcohol, 1,200 sets of PPE suits, 1,500 boxes of Vitamin C, hundreds of gallons of disinfectant, 4,000 pieces of N95 masks, 4,000 pieces of goggles, and 500 folding beds.
The INC had earlier donated PhP5 million to the Quezon City government to help in providing aid to the city’s residents affected by the virus emergency and its resulting quarantine.
It also gave PhP3 million to the Davao City government, and allowed the use of the Philippine Arena and other facilities inside Ciudad de Victoria as quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients.
The INC General Auditor assured the public that the INC provides aid to those in need whether or not they are members of the Church.
“Mula’t mula pa, anuman ang mangyari, anuman ang dumating na sakuna dito sa mga bayan sa Pilipinas, kaagapay palagi nila ang Iglesia Ni Cristo, sa pangunguna ng ating Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan, ang Kapatid na Eduardo V. Manalo (From the start, whatever happens, whatever calamity strikes any of the towns in the Philippines, the Iglesia Ni Cristo is always there to help, through the leadership of our Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo,” he added.
The Iglesia Ni Cristo donates PhP13.2 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies to the Quezon City government to assist in the fight against COVID-19. This is the second donation made to the city government, following a PhP5 million in assistance extended previously. (Eagle News Service)
A sample of the various types of personal protective equipment donated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government for medical and health care workers in various hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. (Eagle News Service)
Part of the donated PPEs made by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government. The INC donated some ₱13.2 million worth of personal protective equipment, medical supplies for frontliners battling COVID-19 in Quezon City. (Eagle News Service)
Part of the personal protective equipment and other hospital needs donated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government. The INC donated some ₱13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies for frontliners battling COVID-19 in Quezon City. (Eagle News Service)
Boxes of thermal scanners which are just part of the personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other hospital needs donated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The INC donated some ₱13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies for frontliners battling COVID-19 in Quezon City. (Eagle News Service)
Part of the personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other hospital needs donated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The INC donated some ₱13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies for frontliners battling COVID-19 in Quezon City. (Eagle News Service)
Part of the personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other hospital needs donated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The INC donated some ₱13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies for frontliners battling COVID-19 in Quezon City. (Eagle News Service)
Part of the personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other hospital needs donated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo to the Quezon City government on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The INC donated some ₱13.2 million worth of PPEs, medical supplies for frontliners battling COVID-19 in Quezon City. (Eagle News Service)
– QC thankful, assures donation will reach beneficiaries –
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte expressed gratitude to the Iglesia Ni Cristo for the latest donation.
She also assured that the assistance will reach its intended beneficiaries, the frontliners in various public hospitals in the city.
Belmonte noted that the INC is always among the very first who give assistance in times of calamities, not only in Quezon City but in other parts of the country as well. — Courtesy of Eagle News Service
PHL gov’t thanks Iglesia Ni Cristo for allowing use of PHL Arena, Ciudad de Victoria for COVID-19 patients, frontliners
PHL gov’t thanks Iglesia Ni Cristo for allowing use of PHL Arena, Ciudad de Victoria for COVID-19 patients, frontliners
Date Posted: April 5, 2020
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles holds a virtual press briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the country on Saturday, April 4, 2020. (Screenshot from PCOO video/Courtesy PCOO facebook)
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government on Saturday, April 4, thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister for allowing the use of the whole Ciudad de Victoria complex in Bulacan to house coronavirus patients as well as the frontliners, including the healthcare workers who will be treating them.
In a virtual presser, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles thanked INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo Manalo after the Church Of Christ allowed not just the use of the 55,000-seater Philippine Arena which is known as the largest mixed-use indoor theater in the world, but also the facilities and grounds of the entire Ciudad de Victoria estate.
“Yesterday, we received more positive news when we learned that our brothers from the Iglesia Ni Cristo have agreed to let the government use the whole Ciudad de Victoria estate, not just the Philippine Arena itself but the entire estate to isolate and quarantine COVID-19 cases,” Nograles said.
The magnificent 55,000 seater Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan has become a tourist attraction for the Philippines. (Photo courtesy Philippine Arena official facebook page)
(File photo) A Filipina spectator arriving early at the Philippine Arena, the venue for the historic 30th SEA Games Opening in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan, shows her Philippine pride as she poses for a photo with the Philippine flag in front of the 55,000-seater edifice, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. (Photo by Meanne Corvera, Eagle News Service)
“So kasama po rito ang Philippine Arena, ang Philippine Sports Stadium at ang Garden Suites,” he noted.
“There will be facilities not just for patients but for our frontliners.”
-Rooms and facilities being readied for COVID-19 patients and frontliners-
Nograles said that more than a thousand rooms for COVID-19 patients, as well as hundreds of rooms for the doctors and nurses, are also being readied in the vast grounds of the Ciudad de Victoria complex.
“Once everything is readied, the whole complex will have an estimated 1,065 rooms for patients, while frontliners will be able to share 476 suites good for two to four health workers each,” he said.
“Maraming maraming salamat po Ka Eduardo Manalo,” said Nograles who also serves as the spokesperson for the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Earlier, the government said it is also readying the forums halls of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), the World Trade Center, and the Rizal Memorial Coliseum to house COVID-19 cases with mild symptoms.
The government is also receiving offers from other private facilities, while noting with sadness that some had rejected government’s requests to house COVID-19 cases.
“Mga kababayan, palagi naming sinasabi na we are all in this together,” Nograles said.
“We should not let fear bring out the worst in us,” he appealed after receiving reports of discrimination, harassment, and attacks being experienced by health workers who have been treating COVID-19 patients, and even by suspected COVID-19 cases.
“Hindi po ito panahon para talikuran ang kapwa. Ito ang panahon ng pagmamalasakit, pagtutulungan at pagkakaisa,” Nograles said.
“Lahat tayo kasama dito. Together, we can beat COVID-19, and altogether we heal as one,” he added. — Courtesy of Eagle News Service
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Sipalay brethren clean coast
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Date Posted: March 24, 2020
To maintain the cleanliness of their coastal areas, brethren from the Sipalay Area in the Ecclesiastical District of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental in the Philippines conducted a coastal clean-up in the shores of various barangays in the Hinoba-an and Sipalay City on February 28, 2020.
Brethren from the Local Congregations of Mina Sipalay, Mambaroto, and Sipalay City cleaned up the surroundings of Barangay 4, Sipalay City.
The residents ministers and ministerial workers, with the aid of the Christian Family Organizations (CFO) officers, led the brethren.
The participants were joyful for the opportunity to show their concern for the environment. ― With reports from INC News Section
INC donates ₱5M to QC gov’t for COVID-19 fight
INC donates ₱5M to QC gov’t for COVID-19 fight
Date Posted: March 23, 2020
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) donated Php 5M to the Quezon City government as an aid to the fight against the Coronavirus disease.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte received the donation during her courtesy call at the INC Central Office on March 21, 2020. In an interview, she said:
“Napakalaking tulong po talaga sa amin ito, lalung-lalo na gipit na gipit po kami sa panggastos sa pagkain, gamot, mga gamit sa precautionary measures na kakailanganin, karamihan po ng biktima natin ay senior citizens. Marami po tayong matutulungan na mga pamilya, and I’m very grateful. Please accept, from the bottom of my heart, my heartfelt gratitude to you,” Mayor Belmonte said.
(This is a great help for us, especially now that we are running short of funds for food, medicine, necessary equipment for precautionary measures since most of the victims are senior citizens. We can aid so many families now, and I’m very grateful. Please accept, from the bottom of my heart, my heartfelt gratitude to you.)
The donation came just six days after the President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire Luzon island under Enhanced Community Quarantine status. The city’s first COVID-19 case was reported in March 14, a day before the lockdown of Metro Manila was enforced. Latest statistics show 49 confirmed cases in the city, including three fatalities.
Quezon City is considered the most populous in the National Capital Region (NCR) with a population of about three million. — with reports from INC News and Updates