150+ LSIs arrived in Bicol from Manila via train

NAGA CITY — More than 150 Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) arrive in Bicol from Metro Manila via PNR trains.

Camarines Sur & Albay LSIs were dropped off at Libmanan and Iriga City stations in Camarines Sur, facilitated by EDMERO Camarines Sur, while Catanduanes & Masbate LSIs were dropped off at Ligao City station in Albay.

Photos from PIA/EDMERO-CamSur/PMS-RFU5

The train arrived around evening of June 20 in Bicol from Tutuban station in Manila.

They were escorted to their respective municipalities and provinces via land/sea transportation and will undergo medical screening by their respective local COVID-19 task forces.

This trip is the first batch of LSIs to arrive in the region via train through the government’s “Hatid Probinsya” program.