The Aboitiz Group's food business unit Pilmico began its 30-day food distribution to critical sectors, such as hospitals and military checkpoints in the cities of Iligan and Tarlac, to aid frontliners dealing with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. “Every day, as the uncertainty associated with the threat of Covid-19 grows, those of us in a position to help have an obligation to do so... It is these moments when our mission to help advance the communities we operate in matters the most,” said Tristan Aboitiz, Pilmico president and chief executive officer. The bread donations are sourced from Pilmico partner bakeries under its Kutitap Feeding Program to help funnel income to local bakers amid the enhanced community quarantine. For Tarlac, the bread donations were allocated to the Tarlac Provincial Hospital, and checkpoints in Aranguren, Bamban, Barangay Lourdes, Capas, Concepcion, Cristo Rey, Magalang-Concepcion Road and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. In Iligan City, donations were distributed to the Adventist Medical Center, Iligan Medical Center Hospital, Dr. Uy Hospital, and Mercy Community Hospital, as well as the military checkpoints in Buru-un, Ditucalan and Dalipuga.
