International Container Terminal Services Inc. has contributed about P350 million to national and local government agencies, immediate communities, employees and port stakeholders in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Aside from being a health crisis, the pandemic is causing a toll on the economic and social condition of most everyone. Through our individual and collaborative efforts, we hope to somehow reduce and limit the economic and health impact of the virus on our local communities and employees,” said ICTSI chairman and president Enrique Razon Jr.
He said ICTSI ensures the safety and protection of employees who keep the ports open and running so that food, medical supplies and equipment along with basic necessities are delivered unhampered.
Following strict protocols and measures dictated by the World Health Organization, International Maritime Organization and local governments, terminals are sanitized and disinfected to make for a safe working environment.
ICTSI said it provided all employees with PPEs and health and food aid, aside from their expanded wage and bonus programs, adding that Rapid COVID-19 test kitswere deployed at a number of large facilities.
ICTSI across its portfolio said it donated personal protective equipment, ventilators and test kits to private and government healthcare facilities, disinfectants to healthcare workers, and food and other critical supplies to truckers, other stakeholders, and vulnerable communities.
The company provided logistical support to hospitals as well as psychological support for those in need of it.
ICTSI was among the first to respond to the call of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation, of which it is a member, for the business community to band together for Project Ugnayan, a feeding program for the economically vulnerable in the Philippine capital and neighboring provinces, with a P100-million donation.
The project has been able to help about 1.5 million families or 7.5 million individuals in just a couple of weeks.
The ICTSI Foundation also provided aid to provincial hospitals as well as to the often-neglected sectors of society—the elderly and the indigenous people located close to terminal facilities.
Outside of the ICTSI Group, Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc. to date has donated P600 million in PPEs, disinfectants, ventilators and other critical supplies to government and private hospitals in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
