Halal Foods for the Frontliners
BMEA | Updates Report By: Dir. Saleha P. Sacar Manila | The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) is mandated to promote the general welfare of the muslim community under the leadership of Secretary Saidamen B. Pangarungan . The Commission being the lead agency in promoting Philippine Halal in domestic market under the Bureau of Muslim Economic Affairs (BMEA) extended help to our front liners who were muslim doctors and nurses in National Capital Region. The Commission received a request message seeking for donors who can provide halal foods to the front liners in response to their dilemma that they're ration may not be Halal. The Bureau of Muslim Economic Affairs acted upon said request pursuant to its mandate under Republic Act 9997 (RA 9997) and funded the first three days of ration from March 26- 28, 2020. The same Bureau coordinated with NCMF-NCR Division Chief Atty. Sansarona together with the volunteers for the...