Tearful reunion: Lilibeth hugging her children after being separated from them for 20 days. — Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
It took the four-month-pregnant Lilibeth Avila 20 days before she could embrace her children again.
During that time, the Avilas, residents of Valenzuela City, were shuttled to and from temporary shelters along with other initial beneficiaries of the government’s Hatid Tulong programme, under which people trapped by travel restrictions – or locally stranded individuals (LSIs) – are transported back to their home provinces.
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