{"id":263493,"date":"2020-07-30T06:38:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=263493"},"modified":"2020-07-30T06:38:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:38:04","slug":"govt-to-address-hatid-tulong-lapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/30\/govt-to-address-hatid-tulong-lapses\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to address Hatid Tulong lapses"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
HATID TULONG. Thousands of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) due to coronavirus pandemic troop to the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila to avail of the government\u2019s Hatid Tulong program last weekend. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday (July 30, 2020) said lapses will be addressed after photos of LSIs cramming inside the sports stadium went viral on social media. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday vowed to address the lapses in the implementation of the Hatid Tulong program after photos of locally-stranded individuals (LSIs) cramming inside Rizal Memorial Stadium over the weekend drew flak from the public.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque explained that over-crowding in stadium was due to the unexpected influx of LSIs which failed to register their intention to be sent home.<\/p>\n

\u201cNagkaroon po sila ng<\/em>\u00a0registration by internet,\u00a0kaya lang po iyong ating mga kapatid na<\/em>\u00a0LSI\u00a0dahil atat na atat nang makauwi, eh sinabihan iyong ibang mga kababayan nila na naging dahilan na talagang napakadaming dumating na hindi inaasahan ng mga<\/em>\u00a0organizers (There is a supposed registration through internet, but our LSIs who were excited to return home told others about it which is why there were so many that showed up unexpected by the organizers),\u201d he said in a press briefing in Quezon City.<\/p>\n

However, he said the government has taken note of criticism over LSIs cramming inside the stadium and will prevent this from happening in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung anuman iyong pula ninyo eh sa susunod po a-<\/em>address-an natin at ang sabi naman po ng Pangulo,<\/em>\u00a0we are far from being perfect.\u00a0Pero ang sinigurado po natin, makatulong po tayo sa ating mga kapwa, sa ating mga<\/em>\u00a0LSIs (Whatever your complaints are, we will address them and the President admitted that we are far from being perfect. But perhaps we will make sure that we will be able to help our neighbors, our LSIs),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque, meanwhile, noted that LSIs have been grateful for the government\u2019s efforts to send them back to their respective hometowns.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung tatanungin ninyo iyong mga nakauwi na sa ngayon, eh talaga naman pong pasalamat sila sa ating Pangulo dahil napakahirap po na maging<\/em>\u00a0stranded\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0Metro Manila,\u00a0wala kang trabaho, wala kang hanapbuhay at mas mabuti po talaga sa kanila ay makauwi na<\/em>\u00a0(If you\u2019d ask those who returned to their hometowns, they\u2019re really thankful to our President because it\u2019s really difficult to be stranded in Metro Manila with no work, no livelihood, so it\u2019s just better to return home),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He reiterated the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to prioritize the return of all LSIs amid the limited public transportation available due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt ang sabi naman po ng Presidente, lahat ng gustong umuwi sa kanilang mg probinsya, dapat bigyan ng paraan para makauwi<\/em>\u00a0(The President said that all those who want to go back to their provinces should be given means to return home),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Roque said he would personally speak to Hatid Tulong Executive Director and Assistant Secretary Joseph Joy Encabo to ensure that these issues are addressed.<\/p>\n

He echoed the suggestion of Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o to set up separate venues for LSIs who will be sent home based on their region.<\/p>\n

\u201cSiguro ang gagawin natin ay yung mga Hatid Tulong ay gawin na nating<\/em>\u00a0regional\u00a0ng sa ganun hindi magdagsaan lahat at magkaroon tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0social distancing\u00a0habang nag-aantay ng<\/em>\u00a0bus\u00a0na masasakyan ng<\/em>\u00a0LSIs (Perhaps we can make it by region so people would not be cramming inside and there would be social distancing while waiting for a bus ride),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Before being sent back to their respective hometowns, LSIs are subjected to rapid antibody testing, which detects the presence of antibodies in an individual\u2019s blood or serum even before symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) start to show.<\/p>\n

LSIs undergo quarantine and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) when they reach their hometowns.<\/p>\n

National Task Force (NTF) on Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., in the same briefing, said local government units (LGUs) now have the capacity to provide RT-PCR testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday vowed to address the lapses in the implementation of the Hatid Tulong program after photos of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":263494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263495,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263493\/revisions\/263495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}