San Miguel Company Raises P 877.8 Meg Inwards Covid-19 Aid
In an assay out to deal the touching on of COVID-19, San Miguel Corporation says its efforts accept managed to elevate P 877.8 meg inward aid, including a personal donation of P 100 meg from its president, Ramon S. Ang.
“We are reporting on our progress in addition to then that people volition locomote assured that aid is on the way, that many organizations are mobilizing in addition to working together to back upward the authorities in addition to our boyfriend Filipinos. Together, nosotros volition win this battle,” said Ang.
On the 3rd calendar week of the enhanced community quarantine implemented yesteryear government, the fellowship reported on the progress of its ongoing initiatives to aid medical front end liners, the national government, local authorities units, in addition to other organizations.
- The fellowship has started to deliver on its commitment to donate P 500 meg worth of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for medical front end liners. It has partnered amongst the Department of Trade in addition to Industry (DTI) to tap local suppliers. Sourcing of PPEs through its network of global suppliers is also ongoing.
- A full of P 199.4 meg worth of canned goods, meat products, biscuits, bread, coffee, are beingness donated to vulnerable communities through the LGUs, non-profit organizations, charitable institutions, church-based groups in addition to through straight donations. Deliveries to various locations throughout Luzon are ongoing.
- The fellowship has also to a greater extent than than doubled its initial commitment to donate 500,000 kilos of rice to vulnerable communities. To date, it has sourced P 1.1 meg kilos of rice worth over P 38 million. Deliveries to beneficiary communities in addition to families are ongoing.
- Ang in addition to his identify unit of measurement also donated P 100 meg to “Project Ugnayan”, a broad coalition of individual companies working together to assist authorities inward the struggle against COVID-19.
- Ginebra San Miguel Inc. has completed retooling its facilities nationwide to make seventy per centum ethyl alcohol for disinfection. With this, it is straightaway able to make 100,000 liters of rubbing alcohol daily. As of Apr 4, SMC’s alcohol donations to hospitals, the Department of Health (DoH), LGUS, PNP checkpoints, in addition to other vital institutions, has reached 518,340 liters, or P 38.9 million.
- Free role of SMC tollways: Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Skyway, NAIAx, in addition to the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX), for medical doctors in addition to nurses, which was implemented a calendar week ago, has also reached P 1.1 meg every bit of Apr 4. About 2,000 medical practitioners had availed of the privilege therefore far.
- SMC Infrastructure has also provided back upward to the Philippine National Police in addition to Armed Forces of the Philippines for the checkpoints ready along its expressways. This includes providing portalets, motorcycles in addition to riders, rider vehicles, generator sets, tower lights, traffic cones, barriers, tents, water, in addition to disinfectant teams.
Ang reiterated that SMC’s efforts would boot the bucket on throughout the crisis. It has also repeatedly assured the populace that its vital operations—food production, ability in addition to fuel generation, in addition to the performance of infrastructure—would likewise continue, to assure Filipinos of access to essential goods in addition to services.