00:00Passengers are expecting to cross the border today to celebrate the new year in their provinces.
00:07Alvin Baltazar of Radyo Pilipinas in Balitang Pambansa.
00:13After many passengers crossed the border yesterday and the day before,
00:18many passengers are expected to cross the border here in the new Philippines.
00:23Now, Philippine Coast Guard Spokesman Commodore Alger Cafrente said
00:27that the passengers are expected to cross the border to celebrate the new year with their families in the provinces.
00:34If they will follow that, the record of one year is that many passengers suddenly crossed the border
00:40from 132,000 passengers on December 26 to more than 233,000 on December 27.
00:51However, Commodore Alger Cafrente said that the number of passengers is enough and they will not decrease
00:56because our countrymen are expecting to cross the border to other provinces.
01:02In our record on the past year, from a mere 132,000 passengers on December 26 last year
01:12and the day before, on December 27, there were more than 233,000 passengers.
01:20Meanwhile, Philippine Coast Guard is also cautioning passengers on the fixers on the border.
01:25According to Alger Cafrente, there are particular passengers who were caught at Matangas Port
01:31where they are asked for a certain amount in exchange for a quick entry to the pier or ship.
01:37According to the passengers, the passengers should not hesitate and report them to the nearest coast guard
01:45or other passengers such as the PNP.
01:48They may have an experience of crossing the border.
01:51They are asked for money to help them.
01:54Meanwhile, we should not hesitate and report them to the nearest Philippine Coast Guard
02:02or other passengers such as the PNP so that we can give a clear notice
02:07that such cases of crossing the border have not occurred.
02:13Aside from the Philippine Coast Guard, other agencies such as the Philippine National Police,
02:21Maritime Group, and Philippine Ports Authority are also cautious on the border.
02:25For Balitang Pambansa, Alvin Balthazar, Radyo Pilipinas.
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