MANILA -- The Quezon City Council on Friday authorized Mayor Herbert Bautista to allocate PHP29.9 million for the provision of food to detainees of the city jail.
City Resolution 7163-2017 “directs the local chief executive to appropriate funds to be dedicated for the food of detainees at the detention center.”
The resolution was authored by City Councilors Franz Pumaren and Raquel Malangen.
With the authorization coming from the City Council, Bautista on Friday ordered the release of funds to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology upon the request of the Quezon City Jail management.
To date, the Quezon City Jail houses around 13,000 detainees.
The PHP29.9-million fund will be spent as PHP10 million for 4,020 sacks of rice; PHP11.2 million for pandesal; PHP2.1 million for pan de coco; PHP2.1 million for kalihim; PHP2.1 million for monay; and PHP2.1 million for Spanish bread. (PNA)
