MORE Power donates P1-M aid to Iloilo City COVID frontliners

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has started giving out aid to various frontliners against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this southern city.

According to MORE Power president Roel Castro, almost P1 million worth of facemasks, alcohol, hand sanitizers and acetate as initial aid were distributed.
“MORE Power is one with the city government and other stakeholders in this fight against an enemy we cannot see. I hope our support can somehow help lighten the burden brought by this crisis,” Castro said.
Among those who benefitted from the aid were the Iloilo City Police Office and Police Regional Office 6, Bureau of Fire Protection, Iloilo City government as well as medical frontliners in hospitals.
The new power distributor here also shouldered that one-week meal of law enforcers implementing the enhanced community quarantine in the city.
Castro said MORE Power also mobilized its Quick Response Team to make sure hospitals won’t suffer from power interruption.

Aside from the mentioned initial aid, Castro said Bloomberg Cultural Foundation, Inc. (BCFI), the corporate social responsibility arm business tycoon Enrique Razon Jr. who owns MORE Power, will also donate personal protective equipment (PPEs), N95 masks and COVID-19 test kits.

Razon recently donated a total of P60-million worth of PPEs and equipment to the Department of Health.

Around 100,000 test kits are expected to arrive in the Philippines from Brazil and part of this will be immediately shipped to Iloilo City, said Castro.

“I have already informed our beloved city mayor Jerry Treñas about this and we can expect the arrival of the test kits in the next few days,” said Castro./PN