A CEBU-BASED cement manufacturer has donated 1,000 packs of relief goods for less privileged citizens in Cebu province most affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc. (TCPI) brought the goods to Cebu Capitol Thursday, April 2, 2000, along with some 1,000 face masks for health care frontliners from Taiheiyo Cement Corp. of Japan.

The company first donated 10 sacks of 50 kilograms of rice to its host town San Fernando, Cebu, on March 19, following the implementation of the community quarantine. Fifty more sacks were turned over to San Fernando Mayor Lakambini Reluya on March 31, after the Cebu province was placed under ECQ.

Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia received the donation from TCPI chief executive and president Kazuhiko Ichizawa and Vanessa Bongcawil, the lead person for general community affairs. Each pack contained five kilos of rice, assorted canned goods and some noodles.

Ichizawa said this was the company’s way to immediately heed the call of Gov. Garcia for the private sector to help the province in softening the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak to the people of Cebu. (PR)