The Action Team on Returning OFWs (ATRO), chaired by Councilor Israel Salanga, met at the DepEd Bacolod Social Hall yesterday to prepare for the arrival of the 58 Bacolodnon OFWs today. Councilor Renecito Novero chairs the Quarantine Centers Action Team. Joining the meeting aside from Salanga and Novero are Councilor Cindy Rojas, City Administrator Em Ang, PCG- Negros Occidental chief Lt. Commander Jansen Benjamin, DepEd Bacolod OIC-Schools Division Superintendent Gladys Amylaine Sales, BCPO Operations chief Lt. Col Lester Leada, and several City Hall department and office heads.
This will be the first batch of returning Bacolodnon OFWs to be received directly by the City.
Upon arrival, the returning OFWs will be brought to a quarantine center in Bacolod City to start their 14-day sojourn there and undergo RT-PCR swab tests on which they should test negative first, before they will be finally allowed to go home. The ATRO will continue coordinating with the OWWA for the repatriation of more Bacolodnon OFWs as space in the city’s quarantine centers shall allow.*/Bacolod CITY PIO