BP2 program to bring home 57 LSIs to AgSur By Jennifer P. Gaitano
Some fifty-seven (57) returning locally stranded individuals (LSIs) from Luzon areas are scheduled to be dispatched back to the province of Agusan del Sur, as beneficiaries of the government’s Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pagasa (BP2) Program. As discussed during a meeting participated by various member agencies of the BP2 Program, the 57 returning LSIs to the province of Agusan del Sur on October 21-22, 2021 will arrive at the Butuan City Airport and will be accepted by the provincial government of Agusan del Sur in close coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The Land Transportation Franchise Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will Caraga INFOCUS
provide the vehicle for their transportation to their respective local government units and these LSIs will undergo the necessary 14-day quarantine.
Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and the city of Butuan. The secretariat has already been informed of the said areas that had been identified as additional for dispatch operations.
The list of beneficiaries has already been accepted and validated The Balik Probinsya, by the DILG, DSWD and Bagong Pag-asa, or concerned LGUs. simply Balik Probinsya, is a socioeconomic Also, the National program by the Housing Authority (NHA) Philippine government to announced that there reverse the migration of are additional targeted people to Metro Manila areas for dispatch and other urban areas, operations for this year who were originally 2021. For Caraga region, from more rural areas of these are the provinces the country. (JPG/PIAof Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur) October 2-8, 2021 |
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