By PanayNewsand The Daily Guardian

Present during the turnover of GBP’s assistance to Iloilo City’s pandemic aid were (from left to right) GBP Community Relations officer Michael Guanco, Iloilo City’s LGU representative Arjay Biñas, and GBP Community Relations associates Evone Pendon and Jenema Gabrielle Fernandez. 

GLOBAL Business Power Corporation (GBP), through subsidiaries Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC) and Panay Power Corporation (PPC), donated food to the modified enhance community quarantine-affected residents of Iloilo City amid rising coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.   

In response to the local government’s appeal for support, GBP provided a total of 150 sacks of rice and more than 16,000 pieces of canned goods and instant food. With stricter community quarantine in Iloilo City, businesses and communities were adversely affected due to limited movement. The donated goods were turned over to the local government unit (LGU) by GBP’s Panay Community Relations team on June 14, 2021, at the Jaro Plaza Gymnasium. 

A member of the One Meralco Group, GBP unites in powering the good life of the Filipino by partnering with the government in its COVID-19 response./PN