2nd batch of stranded Pangasinenses in Baguio return home

These efforts of the provincial government forms part in the Hatid Estudyante and Balik Probinsya program administered by the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to help stranded Pangasinanes from COVID-19 affected areas.

The Pangasinenses who were fetched were composed of 42 students, 3 parents and an employee.

The provincial government set two pick-up points in Baguio City: one in the University of the Cordilleras (UC) and the other in Saint Louis University (SLU).

It was noted that the provincial government strictly complied to the protocol and process of assisting locally stranded individuals (LSIs).

All of the 46 stranded individuals were required of the following documents: medical certificate from the city health office and travel authority from the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The stranded Pangasinenses expressed their gratitude to the provincial government under the leadership of Governor Amado I. Espino III for organizing the Hatid Estudyante program.

“Thank you sa provincial government dahil may ganitong program po kasi kung wala pong ganito, mas matatagalan pa po kami dito,” said Venus Cabilar, a native of Bugallon who was one of the rescued students.

Venus was stranded in Baguio City along with her parents.

All thr LSIs were dropped off to their respective local government units (LGUs) where they will be assessed for quarantine.

It can be recalled that the provincial government first staged the Hatid Estudyante program on May 22 where 39 stranded students from SLU were fetched and returned home.

PDRRMO chief Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro thanked the administration of the SLU and UC as well as Baguio City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council for their close coordination with the provincial government and for their assistance to the stranded Pangasinenses.

/Shiella Mae C. De Guzman (Photos by Romulus Gutierrez III)