The national police this week began rolling out its "PNP Barangayanihan", a police version of community pantries that sociologists and scholars said may distort the original narrative behind the pantries. Gen. Ronnie Olay, PNP spokesperson, confirmed that police units around the country have been required to put up "Barangayanihan" initiatives on their own. When they said 'plant' civilians, that was probably a wrong choice of words. "It's not like we plant them for pictures and take the ayuda back if they don't want their photos taken. The photos probably weren't scripted, it was just a wrong choice of words," he said in Filipino.

Source: Philippine Star April 27, 2021 10:18 UTC