An all-agency services will be given free to the
public on Friday (April 4), from 9 am-3 pm, dubbed as
“Handog Pasasalamat ng Pangulong Gloria” to be led by
the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC).
The activity, in coordination with the Office of
External Affairs will be held at the National Housing
Authority Compound located at the Elliptical Circle,
Quezon City, gift of the government to the people in
line with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s birthday
on Saturday (April 5).
In a statement, NAPC Lead Convenor, Secretary Domingo
F. Panganiban, announced that frontline government
agencies will participate in the program and provide
basic services to the people.
“This is a one-stop service shop of all frontline
agencies to assist the people and serve the public
providing basic and immediate needs,” Panganiban said.
Activities lined up for this one-day affair are free
medical/dental check-ups to be administered by doctors
and paramedics from the Bureau of Fire, Philippine
National Police and the Lung Center of the Philippines
and jobs fair by the Department of Labor and
Employment, and free haircut and massage by graduates
of TESDA.
To be distributed free are medicines and vitamins by
the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, and vegetable
seeds and saplings from the Department of Agriculture
and Bureau of Plant Industry and the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources for backyard
planting.
Several “Tindahan Natin” stores will be set up by the
National Food Authority to sell NFA rice and other
prime commodities at a lower price, and “Botika ng
Bayan” courtesy of the Department of Health and the
Philippine International Trading Corporation.
The NHA will also set up an information desk to
explain the housing program of the government. Also
providing information on low-cost housing are the
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council,
PAG-IBIG, and Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board.
JULY 2008
