00:00Some bus terminals are reminding our countrymen to go home to their provinces this Christmas Eve
00:05to apologize for the heavy traffic.
00:12Patrick De Jesus of PTV Manila has the details.
00:17Jin went home to Bicol this Christmas Eve.
00:21But he prepared himself because of the heavy traffic in Camarines Sur
00:28that he has been experiencing for the past few days.
00:30There is no choice.
00:32The traffic is 5 to 6 hours.
00:36We will just stay here in Buenos Aires.
00:38I mean, on the trip.
00:40So, it will arrive tomorrow.
00:42Because of this, the bus trip to Bicol is affected
00:46and there is still a delay.
00:48It's big because we left at 8.30 at the terminal in CBD.
00:56Last night, we were supposed to arrive here at 5 in the morning.
01:02Now, we arrived at 12 in the afternoon.
01:07The schedule of the trip to Bicol has been adjusted.
01:11They are already saying goodbye to the passengers.
01:14For now, there are enough buses.
01:16But the trip to Bicol is already fully booked.
01:19But there are still passengers coming here.
01:23So, what we are doing is, we are just updating them here.
01:26We are announcing that we will adjust the time
01:30because the buses are being stuck in Lope, Ragay.
01:35The police continues to assist in controlling the traffic
01:39especially since it is expected that there will still be a lot of passengers this Christmas.
01:43According to the Philippine National Police,
01:47we are at 200 Maharlika Highway and Andaya Highway.
01:55There are two routes, ma'am.
01:58The one from Manila.
02:00The light vehicles, we let them pass through Labo-Daeta Road.
02:07That is the Maharlika Highway, ma'am.
02:10And for Andaya, the buses and trucks are here, ma'am,
02:14so that the vehicles will not get too congested, ma'am.
02:19The situation at Busa Kubaw Terminal has become more relaxed.
02:23At Araneta City Bus Port, the passengers are also relaxed and comfortable.
02:28There are trips to Baguio once in the morning and in the afternoon.
02:32There are also trips to Pangasinan via Dao, Pampanga and Tarlac,
02:35even to Lucena and Batangas.
02:37A special permit was recently approved for buses to Calamba, Laguna.
02:43If there is a flight, there is a shuttle here to various terminals in Naia.
02:48Our buses are sufficient and we have coordination with the bus companies.
02:54As of now, they can go straight to the bus and they will be stopped there.
03:00There is no need to worry because our number of buses is sufficient.
03:06We can accommodate them.
03:08Unlike other terminals, the number of passengers there has increased.
03:11The MMDA is allowing the passage of provincial buses to EDSA
03:15where from tomorrow, December 25, they will be allowed 24x7
03:20until January 3, which is the holiday season.
03:23From People's Television Network, Patrick de Azuz, Balitan Pambansa.
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