Manila, Dec. 1 -- gency task force has asked its regional and national counterpart to temporarily suspend the return of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) to the province for one month. Leyte Vice Governor Carlo Loreto, in an interview Tuesday, said the temporary suspension is based on the request of mayors to ban the acceptance of returning residents from Dec. 1 to 31. "This will give our quarantine and isolation facilities a break for sanitation and cleaning after several months of being occupied," Loreto said. "This will also allow personnel who had been manning the facilities for several months their much-needed rest, so that when they return to work they will have more passion to serve as front-liners." Once approved, only authorized ...