Community officials apologize in the "glutinous rice porridge" video that went viral on the Philippine Internet

A community official in San Jose Del Monte, Bragan Province, philippines, said it was here that the "glutinous rice porridge" incident that went viral on the Internet took place. After the incident, they apologized and said they did not intentionally "harass" him when they went to the delivery man's house on Thursday night.

In an 8-minute video posted on a public social page in the Muzon community on Friday, Phez Raymundo, a community worker who banned delivery rider Marvin Ignacio from delivering glutinous rice porridge to his customers, said she had no intention of "offending" the public because she said glutinous rice porridge was not important at the time, and she admitted to using the wrong word when explaining the quarantine agreement to Ignacio.

"I don't want to offend you, that wasn't intentional, because it was late, and by then I might just be too tired. I used inappropriate words when interpreting the agreement, so I apologize again to all of us and to the public," Raymondo said.

Community workers who threatened Ignacio after the incident allegedly said they also "unintentionally harassed" riders when they arrived at the rider's home during Thursday's curfew, leaving Ignacio worried about his safety.

"We have no intention of harassing or hurting him, we just want to bring him a copy of the order from the glutinous rice porridge store." I'm sorry that Marvin and the owner of the glutinous rice porridge shop," he said, "hopefully this won't happen again." ”

Marciano Gatchalian, the president of the Muzon community, also appeared in the video and demanded an apology from his subordinates.

He said they made the video to "prove" that he "will not tolerate" any wrongdoing by his men.

"I always remind them to be polite, to communicate in the right way, and to maintain maximum tolerance," Gacharian said.

On Wednesday, food delivery rider Ignacio posted a live broadcast on social platforms that went viral after staff in the Muzon community banned him from delivering glutinous rice porridge to customers in the area, which staff said was not required and therefore could not be allowed.

On Thursday night, after several "suspicious" men allegedly intimidated Ignacio, Ignacio again went on social platforms for help, who turned out to be community workers.