Zamboanga LGU: No overpriced rice

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the local government has flatly rejected allegations of overpricing in the purchase of some 250,000 bags of rice intended for each household in all 98 villages here affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Erwin Bernardo, BAC chairman, said the acquisition of rice went through negotiated procurement under emergency case, particularly in the instance “when time is of the essence, arising from natural or man-made calamities.”