THE Maginhawa community pantry initiated by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non surely became a blockbuster within a few days. Filipinos quickly embraced the concept, which is not really new, because the bayanihan (communal unity) spirit is second nature to us.

However, what started as a small gesture for others who are struggling to survive during this pandemic turned ugly when Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., chief of the military’s Southern Luzon Command and concurrent spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, maliciously linked the charitable initiative to the Communist Party of the Philippines.

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