00:00Before it was cleared, the barricades of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ blocked some of the roads near Davao International Airport.
00:09A lot of people were forced to walk, including a PWD tourist.
00:14Sidel Chavez of GMA Regional TV is live.
00:18Sidel.
00:22Yes, Vicky, the Carlos P. Garcia Highway here in Davao City is still closed for tourists.
00:29This is the only city that is near the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
00:38It is still difficult for passengers to go to the departure area or from the arrival area of Davao International Airport.
00:47It is just next to the compound of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
00:51That is why the KOJC members are affected.
00:55This is the first time for me to come back to Davao.
00:59If I don't ride, I will go to Tagong.
01:03Where will we go now?
01:05It's all closed.
01:07We are only looking for one person.
01:09Why are we all affected?
01:11The PWD tourist, Sabrina, had to walk to the airport from her accommodation.
01:19We won't go back because it's scary.
01:21Even commuters going to work are affected.
01:25You are being harassed because you can't work because you don't have a car.
01:29According to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines or CAAP-DAVAO,
01:33for now, you can only enter and exit the airport using the main entrance.
01:38What used to be our exit gate is now closed as a precautionary measure
01:47because that gate is very near.
01:50It's too close to where the operation will take place.
01:54There are no cancelled flights but there are delays.
01:57We were all in agreement to extend, to stretch their operations as much as they can
02:06to accommodate the passengers because understandably,
02:10some of them are really stuck in traffic.
02:13For the passengers and those who are stuck, it's an isolated case.
02:17The City Transport and Traffic Management Office issued an alternate route
02:23which you can see on your screen.
02:31Vicky, for now, the vehicles entering DAVAO International Airport are continuously issued.
02:38The previous one-way route was made into a two-way route
02:42after the exit gate of the airport was closed.
02:45It's very near to the KOJC compound.
02:48That's why it's expected that there will be heavy traffic.
02:52But now, the City Traffic personnel are ready to guide the passengers.
02:58Vicky.
02:59Thank you very much, Cyril Chavez of GMA Regional TV.
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