COTABATO CITY – A total of 216 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the provincial jail of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, received hygiene and dignity kits on Sunday, April 4, from Ministry of Public Order and Safety of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MPOS-BARMM).
The said facility consists of 172 male inmates who received hygiene kits, while 44 female inmates received dignity kits comprised of alcohol, face masks, face towel, vitamins, deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, and sanitary pads.
MPOS Minister Hussein P. Muñoz said the activity aims to provide public services especially to Bangsamoro constituents in the island provinces, under the Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim’s guiding principle, “no one must be left behind.”
“Today we are here because of tawakkul (trusting in Allah’s plan) so that we can give relief assistance to our fellow Bangsamoro people, lillahi taala (for the sake of Allah),” he said in a speech.
He added that the BARMM government has several project proposals for the island provinces, but were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Meanwhile, Captain Satta Ladja, warden of the said facility, expressed gratitude to Muñoz for personally visiting the island’s jail facility and its PDLs to hand over the kits.
“Mula nang
magka-pandemic, ito ang unang pagkakataon na may bumisita sa amin mula sa BARMM
government. Malaki po ang pasasalamat po namin dahil hindi kami nakalimutan
dito sa isla. Hindi po namin inaasahan na sabay-sabay po ang biyaya sa aming
komunidad,” she said. (BANGSAMORO INFORMATION OFFICE/ MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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