COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes has donated 79,360 biohazard facemasks and other supplies for anti-COVID-19 frontliners in the Bangsamoro regional police. Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, Bangsamoro local government minister, said Saturday the supplies were turned over Thursday by a UNODC representative, Renato Reynaldo Rosales, to Police Brig. The simple turnover rite capped off Thursday’s meeting in Cotabato City of the multi-sector Regional Advisory Council of PRO-BAR, whose presiding chairperson is Sinarimbo. “We are thankful to the UNODC for the supplies that members of PRO-BAR need to boost their efficiency in preventing the spread of coronavirus in the Bangsamoro provinces,” Sinarimbo said. Various UN agencies also have continuing capability-building interventions for Bangsamoro ministries that are together in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in all five provinces in the region.

Source: Philippine Star October 24, 2020 10:07 UTC