Free ride for OFWs
ISANG magandang balita umano ang pagbabago ng protocol ng Hatid Probinsya program matapos na tumaas ang bilang ng kaso ng coronavirus disease sa pagpapauwi sa mga residente.
Ayon kay House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez mahalaga na matiyak na hindi kakalat ang COVID-19 dahil sa isang magandang programa ng gobyerno.
“This is a welcome development in our defeat COVID-19 campaign. I thank Sec. (Carlito) Galvez (of National Task Force on coronavirus disease) for acting with dispatch in ensuring the safety of locally stranded individuals and all provinces in our country through an improved health protocols,” ani Romualdez.
Ang Hatid Probinsya ay isang programa ng gobyerno upang mapauwi ang mga locally stranded individuals (LSIs) at repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) na nasa Metro Manila.
Nauna rito, 12 kongresista mula sa Eastern Visayas region sa pangunguna ni Romualdez ang naglabas ng joint statement para hilingin sa gobyerno na irebisa ang hatid Probinsya program.
Bukod sa Eastern Visayas, tumaas din umano ang mga kaso ng COVID-19 sa Lanao del Sur na bahagi ng Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
“We share their grief and agony in getting stranded away from their loved ones in these difficult times. They deserve the warm embrace of their families and their communities,” saad ng pahayag ng mga mambabatas. “However, we firmly believe that it is the duty of government to ensure that these constituents of ours are free from coronavirus infection and other diseases before they are allowed to rejoin their family members. Their freedom from COVID-19 infection means that their loved ones are free from harm, too.”