(SunStar) SENATORS Francis Tolentino and Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III are the new additions of lawmakers supporting the swab-upon-arrival policy of Cebu Province for arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs).
Tolentino said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) should ease the burden of arriving passengers in Mactan who were mostly OFWs from various parts of the globe–some of them were even displaced in their respective jobs abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Dagdag pahirap lang po sa mga pauwi nating kababayan. Marami po sa kanila ay napilitan lamang umuwi dahil nawalan sila ng trabaho sa ibayong-dagat dahil sa pandemyang nararanasan natin sa kasalukuyan,” said Tolentino.
Arriving OFWs and Filipinos based abroad need to undergo a mandatory RT-PCR Covid-19 swab test upon arrival in MCIA under Executive Order No. 17 issued recently by Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.
The said policy of the Cebu Provincial Government led to the National Government’s action to divert all Cebu-bound international flights to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
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