00:00Buses in PITX are already crowded, especially those going to Bicol.
00:06But some passengers are still hesitating to get a ticket to go home before Christmas.
00:13Oscar Mayland is live on the news.
00:16Oscar, are there still long queues for passengers?
00:21Melsa, more than 183,000 passengers are already queuing at Panayake Integrated Terminal Exchange or PITX as of 6 p.m.
00:3412 P.M.
00:42At 12 p.m., this woman fell asleep while waiting in line to buy a ticket.
00:50Her cell phone was in her bag.
00:54There was no one to help her.
01:00Fortunately, she was able to get through and the patrolmen woke her up.
01:04Take your cell phones. Be careful.
01:07That's why she was already in line before 7 a.m.
01:11She was waiting in line to buy a ticket for her trip to Bicol.
01:16I was waiting in line for a long time.
01:19Judit is not alone.
01:21She is one of the people queuing in the black-buster line since this morning.
01:28Most of the people who travel to Bicol, especially those who travel by air, are already fully booked.
01:34Some of them want to go home early.
01:38We have work. We are busy with work.
01:40The company is not allowing us to go out early.
01:45The PITX was the first to confirm that they are ready to add more buses.
01:51They are just sure that passengers will be able to travel to their terminal.
01:57Actually, sir, our fully booked trips are advanced booking.
02:01Those who want to walk today can still do so.
02:04At the same time, we are adding more trips.
02:07For the others, we will just wait for our buses to come back here.
02:11Despite the recommendation of the authorities,
02:14until a while ago, there are still some things that are prohibited,
02:19such as petrol, gasoline, butane, and here, gasoline.
02:25Hopefully, for the others, we will not bring flammable items,
02:28especially firearms and firewoods.
02:31The K-9 units will return later to make the security more secure.
02:37Just this afternoon, almost 100,000 passengers have already arrived here at the PITX.
02:43That is why it is crowded, especially in the waiting areas.
02:47Some of them are already waiting in line.
02:50It is fun to go home even if we don't have money.
02:54It is fun to be with our family.
02:57For the others, they have already been here for two days.
03:00They are sure that they will be able to go home.
03:03It is hard.
03:05I am at the entrance of the ticket gate,
03:09and my brother is at the exit gate.
03:12We are forced to go home during the summer.
03:15We really need to go home.
03:16We can only go home once in a while.
03:20Last year, on December 23,
03:22the number of passengers was recorded as more than 204,000.
03:32Meanwhile, Mel, the PITX is expecting that
03:37they will continue to bring passengers until tomorrow.
03:42But compared to today, it is not that crowded.
03:46Mel?
03:47Good bye, dear Oskar!
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