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CEBU CITY - The 41 individuals who arrived in Cebu and Bohol from Metro Manila after availing of the "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa" Program (BP2P) are now undergoing reintegration in their respective communities, a social welfare official said on Wednesday. Rebecca Geamala, DSWD-7 regional director, said these individuals availed of the program that aims to decongest urban poor communities by sending families back to their home provinces. They arrived in Cebu and Bohol on Tuesday last week, she said. She said after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, vulnerable families are still not able to cope with the ill effects of the public health crisis, worsening their situations with loss of income, unstable livelihood opportunities, and risk of getting infected. "The returned families are part of the second batch of returnees from last year's dispatch from Manila," Geamala said. She said the reintegration program has been hatched through a partnership of the DSWD-7 ....
FRESH START.Some of the 107 individuals who are set to return to Negros Oriental, Bohol, Cebu, and Iloilo through the government's Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program, undergo orientation and dispatch proceedings at the BP2 Depot in Agham Road, Quezon City on Wednesday (June 1, 2022). They will depart Manila on June 2, 2022. (PNA photo by Lade Kabagani) MANILA-More beneficiaries will now have an opportunity to reunite with their families in Central and Western Visayas through the government's "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa" (BP2) program. A total of 107 individuals, consisting of 26 families, are set to return to their respective home provinces of Negros Oriental, Bohol, Cebu, and Iloilo. Anaceta Tanio, 46, expressed excitement to meet her parents again after years of working hard in Metro Manila. "Nai-imagine ko na ang buhay sa probinsya dahil sa tulong ng gobyerno. Tuwang-tuwa talaga na, sa wakas, makikita ko na ang nanay ko kasi matagal din kami hindi na ....
FRESH START.Some of the 107 individuals who are set to return to Negros Oriental, Bohol, Cebu, and Iloilo through the government's Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program, undergo orientation and dispatch proceedings at the BP2 Depot in Agham Road, Quezon City on Wednesday (June 1, 2022). They will depart Manila on June 2, 2022. (PNA photo by Lade Kabagani) MANILA-More beneficiaries will now have an opportunity to reunite with their families in Central and Western Visayas through the government's "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa" (BP2) program. A total of 107 individuals, consisting of 26 families, are set to return to their respective home provinces of Negros Oriental, Bohol, Cebu, and Iloilo. Anaceta Tanio, 46, expressed excitement to meet her parents again after years of working hard in Metro Manila. "Nai-imagine ko na ang buhay sa probinsya dahil sa tulong ng gobyerno. Tuwang-tuwa talaga na, sa wakas, makikita ko na ang nanay ko kasi matagal din kami hindi na ....
GOODBYE, MANILA! A boy waves goodbye while onboard a bus at the BP2 Depot in Quezon City in this undated photo. The boy and his family were among the beneficiaries of the national government's Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - The government's "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa" (BP2) program has already facilitated the return of 729 individuals in their home provinces, since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country in March 2020. Noralyn Empasis, a beneficiary from Saranggani, South Cotabato, said the BP2 program did not only provide her an opportunity to start a new livelihood in the province but also give her the chance to be with her mother after a long time struggling in Metro Manila. "Excited na excited ako nung makita ko yung mama ko. Siya ang dahilan kaya ako bumalik dito, habang buhay pa yung mama ko (I was so excited to see my mother. She was the reason why I came home here," Empasis said in a prev ....
TRAVEL TO SAMAR. Beneficiary families of the "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa" program get on a shuttle bus at the BP2 depot in Quezon City on May 5, 2022. Three families composed of 13 individuals are back home in Samar, Northern Samar, and Siquijor. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will step down from office in less than two months with landmark programs from which Filipinos will reap benefits way beyond his term. Among those is the "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa Program" (BP2) that encourages return to the provinces, with beneficiaries armed with sustainable livelihood opportunities among other incentives. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the BP2 applicants are those who lost jobs or residing in slum areas. Jocelyn Carlom, among the recent BP2 claimants, is back in Cebu. She left Metro Manila with PHP20,000 for food allowance and PHP50,000 capital to start a new business. "Applying for the program is one of the ....