LEGAZPI CITY, March 14 -- Almost 12,000 barangay workers have received a sack of rice from the provincial government of Sorsogon under its assistance program for village workers.

In an interview on Tuesday, Salvador Mendoza, Sorsogon provincial information officer, said almost all 11,917 barangay workers were able to receive the sack of rice this month.

"Of the 14 towns and one city in the province, only the town of Juban and Sorsogon City barangay workers were yet to receive. We are just waiting for the supply of rice since we are getting commercial rice from the local traders here in the province," he said.

Mendoza said the allocated fund for the rice distribution assistance to 507 barangays was from the provincial government.

"As p...