PNA file photo MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 282 families in the Ilocos Region are set to receive PHP50,000 worth of livelihood assistance grants under the Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa program (BP2). Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Ilocos Region BP2 program focal person Reysa Pilotin said the families have returned to their respective localities in the provinces of Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur. "They were referred to the DSWD by their local government units (LGU) as recipients of the BP2 program," he said in a phone interview on Monday. Pilotin said these families were from Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Cebu, Batangas, Laguna, Olongapo, and National Capital Region. "They were having difficulty with the high cost of living in these areas thus they decided to go back to their home provinces," she said. Pilotin said most of them proposed to start a sari-sari or rolling store as they need daily income, while some prefe
FRESH START. Balik Probinsya program beneficiaries are all set to return to their province, onboard a National Housing Authority bus at the BP2 Depot in Quezon City on Thursday morning (May 5, 2022). Two families will return to Siquijor and start life anew in the province. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - More and more beneficiary families are given the chance to restart their lives in their respective home provinces through the government's "Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-Asa" (BP2) program. After residing in Metro Manila for years, the latest beneficiaries of the program which include five families consisting of 13 individuals are set to return to Siquijor (Central Visayas), Samar, and Northern Samar (Eastern Visayas) on Thursday. The BP2 program has just gotten better with various members of the BP2 council, including national government agencies and local government units (LGUs), renewing their commitment to helping those families and even individuals who
FRESH START. Balik Probinsya program beneficiaries are all set to return to their province, onboard a National Housing Authority bus at the BP2 Depot in Quezon City on Thursday morning (May 5, 2022). Two families will return to Siquijor and start life anew in the province. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - More and more beneficiary families are given the chance to restart their lives in their respective home provinces through the government's "Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-Asa" (BP2) program. After residing in Metro Manila for years, the latest beneficiaries of the program which include five families consisting of 13 individuals are set to return to Siquijor (Central Visayas), Samar, and Northern Samar (Eastern Visayas) on Thursday. The BP2 program has just gotten better with various members of the BP2 council, including national government agencies and local government units (LGUs), renewing their commitment to helping those families and even individuals who
NEW BATCH. A new batch of the Balik Probiinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa Program beneficiaries fills up registration forms upon arriving at the BP2 depot in Quezon City on Wednesday (March 23, 2022). A total of seven families or 26 individuals will be able to return home to Mindanao through the program. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald Alfiler) MANILA - Additional seven families consisting of 26 individuals are set to start a new life in their home provinces in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) through the government's Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) Program. On Wednesday, the beneficiaries arrived at the BP2 depot in Agham Road, Quezon City to undergo the dispatch procedure that includes the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) swab test to ensure they are negative of the virus before they are sent back to their home provinces. After their swab test, each of the families was also given a set of medicines and vitamins. They were also given an orientation of the BP2 program as well as on the possible a
BALIK PROBINSYA. The Atacador family is assisted by a Balik Probinsya Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa Program staff at the BP2 depot in Agham Road in Quezon City on Tuesday (March 15, 2022). Nine families consisting of 37 individuals left the depot for Masbate on Tuesday morning. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald Alfiler) MANILA - A couple has decided to grab the opportunity offered by the Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) Program to go back to their home province of Masbate because they believe doing so would improve the health of their children suffering from severe asthma. Florentino Atacador, 39, and Roselyn Tolentino, 40, said their children's health comes first. "Kasi sabi ko baka sa probinsya kasi dito puro pollution di ba, ang daming nagsabi na iuwi nyo na lang sa probinsya yan kasi gagaling sila pag nandun, kasi dito lahat, pag puro chemicals eh dun sa probinsya sariwa wala silang malalanghap na ganito (I said maybe it's better in the province because it is very polluted he