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Gov't aims to implement second Hatid Tulong Program by end of July


The government has laid out a plan to bring home another batch of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) to their home provinces by the last week of July, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday.

Año made the statement after almost 4,000 LSIs were sent home last weekend under the government's Hatid Tulong Program.

"[M]eron na po tayong gagawin ulit na another Hatid Tulong Program. Maari po itong sa last week ng July, kapag natapos na rin 'yung mga naka-quarantine sa ngayon bunga ng ating naihatid na LSI," Año said in a briefing aired past midnight.

According to Año, the government used 92 buses, one ship, and one PNR train to bring home a total of 3,820 LSIs from 5,296 stranded individuals.

"Ang 3,820 ay naipa-sakay na po natin sa mga eroplano at barko kaya ang natitira na lang po ay 1,476 at ito po ay inaaruga natin and binibigyan po natin ng pagkain at maayos na tutulugan," he said.

"Ito po 'yung merong mga tickets na stranded, 'yun pong mga dumarating na walang ticket at wala pong kasiguraduhan na makasakay dahil walang ticket, inihahatid po ng ating kapulisan ito sa kanilang mga bahay at kinukuha po 'yung contact number para sa sunod na Hatid Tulong Program ay sila po 'yung priority, he added.  -- BAP, GMA News

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