A month since the Port Management Office of Misamis Oriental/Cagayan de Oro (PMO MO/C) welcomed the first batch of repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the Port of Cagayan de Oro on 25 April 2020, the PMO has handled a total of 884 repatriated Filipinos from 21 trip arrivals with the latest 227 passengers composed of Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) and Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) from Metro Manila on 26 May 2020.

Batches of ROFs and LSIs who were mostly from Metro Manila and Cebu were facilitated by PMO MO/C in close coordination with various concerned agencies: Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Health (DOH), Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), City LGU and International Humanitarian Assistance and Inter-Government Relations Task Group chaired by the Department of Tourism (DOT). Notwithstanding their compliance to documentary requirements including medical certificates or health clearance before their departure from ports of origin, they were subjected to health and safety protocols upon their arrival in CDO Port. Right after the health screening, they were ferried to their destinations through the different transportation units deployed by their respective LGUs from the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Caraga, Davao, Zamboanga, among others. They were escorted by mobile patrol of Cagayan de Oro City Police Office en route to the boundaries of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental.

On 25 May, PMO personnel led by Port Manager Isidro V. Butaslac, Jr. along with the Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (Davao), Vanessa B. Guc-Ong, and LTFRB-10 Regional Director Allan Guru, personally supervised the facilitation of 59 incoming passengers from Cebu bound for Davao.

In addition to this Balik-Probinsya Program of the Government, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) also initiated the “Hatid-Estudyante Program”, aimed at facilitating the students stranded in their campuses, dormitories/boarding houses and/or apartments due to the implemented community quarantine prompted by the prevailing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) to return to their home provinces or cities. On May 14 and 15, nearly 70 repatriated students arrived in CDO Port and were subsequently transported to their respective municipalities and provinces.

The PMO MO/C is expecting more arrivals in bigger batches in coming days as the Government recently institutionalized the Balik-Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program, with the first target of bringing more than 17,500 OFWs to their home provinces in three (3) days.

 

ARRIVAL DATE/TIME	PORT OF ORIGIN	NO. OF PAX
25 April 2020 / 1230H	Cebu City	11
30 April 2020 / 0030H	Metro Manila	46
5 May 2020 / 1100H	Cebu City	11
7 May 2020 / 1200H	Cebu City	8
9 May 2020 / 1215H	Cebu City	7
12 May 2020 / 1130H	Cebu City	12
13 May 2020 / 0900H	Jagna, Bohol	2
14 May 2020 / 1200H	Cebu City	53
14 May 2020 / 1730H	Metro Manila	11
15 May 2020 / 1728H	Cebu City	16
19 May 2020 / 1340H	Metro Manila	98
19 May 2020 / 1550H	Cebu City	36
21 May 2020 / 0900H	Metro Manila	72
21 May 2020 / 1330H	Cebu City	11
22 May 2020 / 0400H	Jagna, Bohol	21
22 May 2020 / 0800H	Dumaguete	3
23 May 2020 / 1350H	Cebu City	3
24 May 2020 / 0630H	Metro Manila	113
25 May 2020 / 0330H	Cebu City	59
26 May 2020 / 1000H	Cebu City	14
26 May 2020 / 1100H	Metro Manila	277
TOTAL		884