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UMAPELA si Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez sa Inter Agency Task Force for COVID-19 na payagang makauwi ang northern Mindanao ang may 500 katao na na-stranded sa Metro Manila, Clark at iba pang bahagi ng Luzon.
Sumulat si Rodriguez kay IATF Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. at Deputy Chief Vince Dizon para pumayag na makasakay ng eruplano o barko ang mga ito.
Nakipag-usap na si Rodriguez sa Philippine Airlines at 2Go Shipping at maging sa Department of National Defense at Armed Forces na maaaring magsagawa ng mercy flights.
“May I request for approval sweeper flights from NAIA to Laguindingan International Airport (in Misamis Oriental) and passenger vessels to bring these people back to Cagayan de Oro and other parts of Northern Mindanao.”
“May I also request that the national government put in place protocols in repatriating those stranded…and provide guidelines for local government units on the proper procedure in accepting these people back to their respective provinces,” ani Rodriguez.
Nasa 50 araw na umanong stranded ang mga ito at marami ng kinakaharap na problema gaya ng suplay ng pagkain at gamot.
Sa mga stranded, 309 ang taga-Cagayan de Oro City, 90 mula sa Misamis Oriental at 90 iba pa sa Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental at Lanao del Norte.
“I have been receiving text messages and e-mails asking for assistance for them to be able to go back to Cagayan de Oro and their respective provinces. They were working in Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon, but due to the ECQ, they were forced to stop working and are not receiving their salaries.”
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