ILONGGO PANDESAL. Thousands of Ilonggo pandesal are being prepared by the Angelina Bakeshop on Monday and delivered to the Iloilo City Hall on Tuesday (April 7, 2020). Indigent families of Iloilo City will be supplied with pandesal within 15 days. (Photo from Jerry P. Treñas FB Page)
ILOILO CITY – More than 40,000 pieces of “Ilonggo Pandesal” will go straight to indigent families in Iloilo City starting Tuesday.
The Ilonggo Pandesal was a collaboration of four Ilonggo corporations that pooled their resources to extend assistance to the poor families in the metropolis.
The collaborating firms are La Filipina Uygongco, Great Harvest Commodities, Carlos Uy Corporation and Angelina Bakeshop.
On Monday, bakers of the Angeline Bakeshop started the preparation of the pandesal.
“The usual production is 43,200 pieces or 5,400 packs,” said Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, in a text message released to media on Monday.
The bakers target to produce 43,200 packs equivalent to 648,000 pieces in 15 days. Each pack contains eight pieces of pandesal.
“They will be delivered to your barangays for free,” the mayor said. The distribution is similar to that of the community kitchen, which is done daily on a house-to-house routine.
The mayor added that the bakers are planning to produce more pandesal on Tuesday and Wednesday as there will be no deliveries on Good Friday.
On these two days, they intend to produce approximately 62,500 pieces or 7,800 packs per day to be delivered on Wednesday and Thursday, he said.
The first batch of the pandesal was delivered to the Iloilo City Hall on Tuesday.
In a previous interview, Treñas said that his son Paolo talked with the son of the owner of the Angeline Bakeshop, Ted Valderrama Jr., in coming up with the concept of the Ilonggo Pandesal.
He lauded the private sector for the support as he said that during the first days, when funds are not yet available, it was their group that provided for the food aid.
“Until now the food aid from the private sector continues,” he added. (PNA)
