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Over 100 ‘tindahan natin’ stores built in MP

BONTOC, Mountain Province – There are now 135 “tindahan natin outlets” established in the province of which 104 were self-funded while the other 31 were funded by the Dept. of Social Works and Development.

Erlinda Likigan of the provincial DSWD office said TNOs given funding by the government got P20,000 loan each.

She added the project was done to make available low-priced but good quality rice for marginalized families particularly in depressed barangays of the province.

The Tindahan Natin is a priority program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to address the twin problems of poverty and hunger which is jointly implemented by the National Food Authority and the DSWD.

The DSWD is responsible for setting the criteria for the selection of areas where such outlets will be established while the National Food Authority license, accredits and supplies each outlet with its rice requirement. -- Juliet B. Saley