The Provincial Government of Guimaras (PGG) turned over relief items to every municipality as the province goes into Enhanced Community Quarantine effective April 15, 2020.
Governor Samuel T. Gumarin, MD, MPH personally delivered 24,451 sacks of rice to the municipalities.
Sibunag Mayor Anabelle V. Samaniego received the 5,647 sacks of rice and 495 boxes of canned goods.
Four hundred ninety-five boxes of canned goods and 6,815 sacks of rice were handed to Mayor Ninfa Gajo of the Municipality of San Lorenzo.
The province turned over 4,484 sacks of rice and 495 boxes of canned goods to the Municipality of Nueva Valencia which were personally received by Mayor Emmanuel Galila.
Mayor Ruben B. Corpuz of the Municipality of Jordan received the 4,507 sacks of rice and 495 boxes of canned goods from the Provincial Government of Guimaras.
The PGG handed over 2,998 sacks of rice and 495 boxes of canned goods to the Municipality of Buenavista and received by Mayor Eugenio Reyes.
Rice supplies to Jordan, Buenavista and Nueva Valencia are just partial allocation as more stocks purchased by the PGG from the National Food Authority are due to arrive next week.
The municipalities were entrusted to distribute the goods to their constituents to ease the sufferings of the Guimarasnons affected by the measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gumarin said that the province has purchased 53,000 sacks of rice from the NFA and each family will receive one sack of rice.
“Magahatag ang probinsiya sang isa ka sako nga bugas sa kada pamilya sa Guimaras agud makabulig sa mga pumuluyo naton nga apektado na sang COVID-19. Kuntani ini makabulig sa aton mga pumuluyo agud mapahagan-hagan ang epekto sang sini nga krisis,” Gumarin said.
As Guimaras remains the only province in Western Visayas that has no confirmed case of COVID-19, Gumarin appealed to Guimarasnons to do their share in keeping the island free of the disease.
“Nagapangayo gid ako sang kooperasyon sang tanan. Bululigan naton ini nga maprotektahan aton probinsiya. Magsunod lang sa mga guidelines naton nga ginapatuman subong nga yara kita sa Enhanced Community Quarantine,” Gumarin added.
