Balik Probinsya

Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (abbreviated as BP2; literally "Return to the Province, New Hope"), or simply Balik Probinsya,[1] is a socioeconomic program by the Philippine government to reverse the migration of people to Metro Manila and other urban areas, who were originally from more rural areas of the country.

Go touted the program as a platform to give a "fresh start" to people after the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing a series of programs to help develop the quality of life in rural areas, in effect decongesting the densely populated areas of the country such as Metro Manila by encouraging people to move to the countryside once COVID-19-related quarantine measures imposed across the country are lifted.

[1] Go argued that if Metro Manila had a lower population density, the government would be better equipped in dealing with future health emergencies.

[citation needed] The NHA has pledged to provide available houses to beneficiaries of the program and their voter registration will be adjusted accordingly by the Commission on Elections.

[6] However the Department of Interior and Local Government disputed Gabriela's claims, saying that the two Leyte cases involved beneficiaries of a separate program, Hatid Probinsya, which aims to help non-residents stranded in Metro Manila to return to their home provinces, and insists that the Balik Probinsya program is a long-term solution which seeks to provide a platform for low-income families in urban areas to move to their home provinces while implementing relevant livelihood and infrastructure programs in the rural areas of the country.