NGCP distributes grocery items worth P500 million

By Lenie Lectura -April 13, 2020
from Business Mirror

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said it has started the distribution of P500 million-worth of grocery items as part of its P1-billion assistance to help the government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) relief and response efforts.

“We are very pleased to turnover these relief packs as we hope these will help sustain our partner communities given the extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine. Distribution in select locations in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will be made over the next weeks,” NGCP said.

The grid operator has pledged P1 billion to President Duterte last March 30. Half of the amount, it said, would come in the form of goods and medical equipment while the other half is earmarked for the procurement of other Covid-19 response measures, as may be determined by the Office of the President.

“NGCP’s pledge of medical equipment is also in the process of procurement. The much needed equipment will be distributed to identified hospitals as soon as they arrive,” added the company.

The P1-billion donation is over and above NGCP’s assistance, including a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE), face masks, meals, and other supplies for the frontline workers in the health industry and the Meals on Wheels program conducted to distribute hot meals to indigent members of the community.

NGCP’s technical partner, the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), also donated 500,000 face masks through the Philippine Red Cross.  “We understand the importance of a collective, unified effort to combat this pandemic. NGCP assures its stakeholders that the company will continue to support the government in battling this global health emergency,” the company said.

NGCP is a Filipino-led, privately owned company in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid, led by majority shareholders Henry Sy, Jr. and Robert Coyiuto, Jr.