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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 ....