Over the last few days, big businesses have announced their efforts to help the country beat the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the likes of San Miguel Corporation, Ayala Corporation, and SM Group, JG Summit is the next big business to step up to the plate.
The Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Gokongwei Group, has established a P100 million fund to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. The fund will be used to help the our frontliners by providing urgently needed personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test kits.
The conglomerate’s other subsidiaries will also be pitching in. Universal Robina Corporation, the food manufacturing arm, which will be donating coffee, water bottles, snacks, and noodles to health workers in hospitals throughout the Metro.
Meanwhile, Robinsons Land Corporation will help fund the purchase of COVID-19 test kits. Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) will also be waiving the rental charges for all tenants in Robinsons commercial spaces to allow tenants to financially assist their own employees and to cover the losses caused by quarantine.
Robinsons Bank will be extending all loan payments, while Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. will continue to operate its essential stores, such as Robinsons Supermarkets, Rustan’s Marketplace, Shopwise, Ministop, South Star Drug, The Generics Pharmacy, and Handyman.
As for Cebu Pacific, passengers with flights before April 30 will be allowed to reschedule their flights to any time before June 30, or to transfer the ticket cost into a travel fund for future use.
JG Summit is headed by the Gokongwei family, with Lance Gokongwei leading the conglomerate as president and CEO of JG Summit.
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This story originally appeared on Esquiremag.ph. Minor edits have been made by the editors.