PRE-DEPARTURE.A beneficiary of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program undergoes a swab test for Covid-19 at the BP2 Depot in Quezon City on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). The test is part of dispatch procedures before she goes home to Apayao province on Oct. 12.(PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - A family consisting of six individuals will return home to Apayao through the national government's "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program" (BP2) on Tuesday. Aquino Daguio, 57, a former UV Express driver, said he was among the first workers hit by the pandemic after public transportation grounded to a halt. "Mahirap dahil wala kaming hanap-buhay. Yung konting naipon namin naubos agad. Kahit yung mga cellphones naibenta na para pang-tustos sa pamilya (It was difficult because we lost our livelihood. Our savings were used up. We even sold our mobile phones to get by)," Daguio said. After heightened restrictions were imposed in Metro Manila due to a spike of C
PRE-DEPARTURE.A beneficiary of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program undergoes a swab test for Covid-19 at the BP2 Depot in Quezon City on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). The test is part of dispatch procedures before she goes home to Apayao province on Oct. 12.(PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - A family consisting of six individuals will return home to Apayao through the national government's "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program" (BP2) on Oct. 12. Aquino Daguio, 57, a former UV Express driver, said he was among the first workers hit by the pandemic after public transportation grounded to a halt. "Mahirap dahil wala kaming hanap-buhay. Yung konting naipon namin naubos agad. Kahit yung mga cellphones naibenta na para pang-tustos sa pamilya (It was difficult because we lost our livelihood. Our savings were used up. We even sold our mobile phones to get by)," Daguio said in an interview Monday. After heightened restrictions were imposed in Metro Man