BALER, April 8 -- A total of 33 residents of this province, stranded in the borders of Aurora and Nueva Vizcaya, have been allowed to go home to their respective towns after completing the required 14-day quarantine period.

Arsenio Valenzuela, spokesperson of acting Governor Christian Noveras, said on Wednesday that the 33 are part of the total 137 residents who were refused entry at the Canili checkpoint in Barangay San Juan, Maria Aurora town due to the enhanced community quarantine last March 21.

The 33 are from the towns of Dipaculao, Dinadiawan, San Luis, Maria Aurora and Dilasag.

"The municipal health officers, including the mayors and other local officials, ferried them to their respective homes," Valenzuela said in a phone interv...