Seaman Karl Aman Caabay, 24, and pet shop owner Kevin Rey Caabay Palmares, 26, said they were pedaling and on their way home from the Sabang waterfalls when they came upon the young turtle lying on its back desperately wriggling to regain mobility.
The past week saw a rapid surge of cases resulting from swab tests of stranded residents who had arrived from Manila, as the national government imposed the policy of speedy repatriation to decongest the capital. From a zero active case record, Palawan rapidly peaked to a total of 15 record cases as of Saturday,
According to a social media post of the Provincial Information Office, the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWD), under its Aid to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program, has assisted a total of 881 individual LSIs (locally stranded individuals) since May 5 up to present.
Many have run out of funds to support their stay while awaiting opportunities to return to the province, and many are desperate for assistance to help them return to Palawan.
Stata-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) said they make up the fourth batch of non-Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who journeyed back home this month after being stranded in Palawan since March 15 when the Luzon-wide ECQ was imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Jeremias Alili, chief of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), in a phone interview on Friday afternoon, affirmed the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issuance allowing pre-arranged travel for the “local stranded individuals (LSI)”.
Alvarez, in an online program, said among the provincial government's projects alrady in the pipeline are the putting up of four molecular laboratories that will handle mass testing, and the building of a 400-bed hospital.
