00:00Last Saturday before Christmas, but due to the integrated terminal exchange of PITX,
00:05there are still problems with the trip to Bicol and it is difficult to buy a ticket.
00:09Let's take a look at the situation there in the live broadcast of Jonathan Andal.
00:13Jonathan?
00:17Pia, as you can see behind me, it is very crowded here in PITX.
00:21Even outside the terminal, the line to enter the main entrance is very long during this time.
00:27If you are going to Bicol, it will be difficult to buy a ticket.
00:31But you can take the chance as a chance passenger because there are buses that are added.
00:36However, the waiting time is very long.
00:38The one I talked to, he waited 5 hours before he was able to buy a ticket.
00:46The line is long and long now for the Bicol trips to PITX or Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange.
00:54The buses are already fully booked until December 24.
00:57We've been here for 2 hours already.
01:00I don't know if we will be able to ride.
01:03Melanie arrived 5 hours before she was able to buy a ticket.
01:07She bought a ticket more expensive because she already got a premium bus and point to point she will go to Tabaco Albay.
01:14I will really grab it and go home.
01:18Even in the bus terminals in EDSA, the waiting time of the passengers is long
01:22because the buses from Bicol cannot return to Manila immediately.
01:25All the buses that arrive here in Manila are delayed.
01:29The effect of that on the chance passengers and our regular passengers is that they are waiting.
01:34The bus company here in Sampaloc, Manila cannot travel.
01:38As of now, based on the buses that arrived, it will take 18 to 20 hours before Naga will arrive.
01:46The traffic in Bicol is a bit problematic
01:51because there are highways that were damaged by the typhoon.
01:56This holiday, we might not be able to solve it right away.
02:00That's why the solution is to look for alternate roads.
02:05In Manila North Port, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista inspected the port
02:10as well as inside a ship.
02:13The ship's travel is fully booked until December 24,
02:17especially to Cebu and Bacolod.
02:20If you will travel after Christmas, call the hotline first
02:23or check the shipping line's website online
02:26if there are available tickets before going to the port.
02:29Don't take a chance or be a chance passenger at the port.
02:33Don't go here if you don't have a ticket.
02:37Bautista also inspected the IA Terminal 3.
02:40There are a lot of passengers and the line to immigration is fast.
02:43We are inspecting. Our airport is spacious.
02:46We will check later if there are no inspections.
02:51Bautista also announced that the screening and immigration will be replaced
02:56next year before Easter.
02:59This means that the luggage will be screened first
03:02before the passengers face immigration
03:04so that if there is a prohibited item in the X-ray machine
03:07but an important item, it can be left with the passenger.
03:10If there are items that should not be entered,
03:13if you have already passed immigration,
03:16it will be confiscated.
03:18Meanwhile, if you haven't passed immigration
03:21and you see that it can't be entered,
03:24you can call your passengers and ask them to buy it.
03:27The roads in the arrival area of Terminal 3
03:31for better traffic flow.
03:34The parking space was reduced so that two lines can be added to the road.
03:38According to Bautista, 150,000 passengers a day
03:42are expected in the IA this Christmas rush.
03:49Every hour, 10,000 passengers are added to the PITX Terminal.
03:57According to PITX, at 5pm,
04:00143,000 passengers will pass through the Terminal.
04:05PITX's advice to passengers,
04:07do not bring flashlights because it is prohibited to travel by bus.
04:12That's the latest from PITX.
04:14Back to you, Pia.
04:16Jonathan, the reminder in Northport was clear.
04:19I'll just go back to what they said there.
04:21If you don't have a ticket, if you haven't booked,
04:24don't go straight to Pierre.
04:26The non-ticket passengers will not be allowed in.
04:33Pia, they will still be accommodated in the Terminal.
04:37But according to the shipping line,
04:41for the safety and convenience of the passengers,
04:45they will not be able to sleep there.
04:48They will just sit there.
04:50So if they will wait there for their ship's journey,
04:53they will just have a hard time.
04:56They will still be accommodated in the Terminal
04:58if they will wait there for their ship's journey.
05:01Alright, thank you very much, Jonathan.
