Capiz has 10 'Botika ng Bayan' outlets
ROXAS CITY – At least 10 "Botika ng Bayan" (BnB) outlets in the province have been accredited by the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) to retail its exclusively supplied pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products.
The count is included in the 97 BnB overall outlets in Western Visayas based on a March 2007 inventory posted in the PITC website.
The PITC, which has been designated as among the key agencies in the implementation of the President's 10-Point Legacy which includes the lowering of the prices of essential medicines by 50%, by 2010, also embarked on the establishment of "Botika ng Barangays" to make quality medicines available, affordable and accessible to the poor in the countryside.
President Gloria Mcapagal-Arroyo wants more community-based drugstores in 2008 that will sell quality but affordable medicines as part of her efforts to make the gains made under her administration trickle down to the grassroots. (PIA/A.Lumaque)