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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Tuesday, january 10, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) denied distributing rice of poor quality to families displaced by the El Niño phenomenon in Ajuy, Iloilo.
Mayor Jett Rojas said he received complaints from some recipients that the rice included in the family food packs that DSWD Region 6 distributed last month were not fit for human consumption.
DSWD’s social welfare officer Rosario San Agustin insisted otherwise, however.
“Ang amon rice was in good condition. It was withdrawn from the National Food Authority and quickly repacked at the DSWD warehouse for immediate distribution,” said San Agustin.
Over 12,000 family food packs were allotted for Ajuy’s El Niño-displaced residents.
According to Rojas, the first batch of food packs was good but the rice contained in the second batch of packs was not.
He summoned barangay captains and some of the food pack recipients yesterday.
San Agustin said some of those who helped prepare the family food packs at the DSWD warehouse here were personnel sent by the local government of Ajuy upon the request of the regional office.
“They sent packers. If the rice was of poor quality, the packers would have noticed it and complained right away,” she said.
Aside from rice, the food pack also contained clothes and canned goods that, according to San Agustin, will expire in 2018 yet.
DSWD-6 started preparing family food packs for El Niño-hit areas August last year.
“We don’t keep food packs in our warehouse. These are right away distributed to the beneficiaries,” stressed San Agustin.
Still, she did not discount the possibility that improper handling of relief goods may have affected the quality of the rice./PN
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