00:00In PITX, there are still those who are chasing to go home to the province.
00:05That's Noel Talacay's story live. Noel.
00:11Patrick, I'm here in PITX and until this time,
00:16there are still passengers who will go home to their provinces.
00:20And earlier, Patrick, I asked the passengers here
00:24if they have hope that they will be able to meet the new year.
00:33Outside of PITX, Ms. Lolita is packing her belongings and her two grandchildren.
00:40Her husband and son are in line to buy a ticket to Bicol.
00:45If they can't buy a ticket that day,
00:48maybe we'll just wait here until we can get a ticket.
00:53Mr. Ricardo is also on his way to Bicol with his family.
00:58He also had a hard time and it took him more than two hours to get a ticket.
01:03He's already in Bolivog, Bolivog.
01:05Then, we were told to go to Medulo.
01:09It was so long, but we made it.
01:12Ms. Nanette is also a chance passenger who is going home to Catanduanes.
01:17She's also been in line for more than three hours to buy tickets.
01:21She can't do anything but wait because she can't buy a ticket.
01:28I'll buy everything.
01:30So you're really going to wait?
01:31Yes, I'm waiting.
01:33You can't do anything?
01:35Nothing. I'll just go home.
01:38Ms. Lolita, Ms. Nanette, and Mr. Ricardo will go home to their provinces
01:44to meet the new year.
01:47However, they all hope that there will be hope in 2025
01:51and that there will be good fortune.
01:55I just hope that, just like this, my chicken just died
02:00and then my chicken died again.
02:03I hope that when the new year comes,
02:05all of that will be gone.
02:07The good fortune.
02:09Because the work that we were given,
02:12it's just like, it's not continuous.
02:17To be together in this new year.
02:23According to the latest survey of the National Social Weather Survey,
02:2710 Filipinos hope that there will be good fortune in 2025
02:33while 1 out of 10 Filipinos are worried about it.
02:39Patrick, up until this time,
02:41there's still no sign of the arrival of passengers.
02:44In fact, according to the monitoring of PITX,
02:48earlier this morning at 11am,
02:54there were no passengers.
02:56But when it came to 4am earlier this afternoon,
02:59there were more than 112,000 passengers.
03:04Earlier, one of the things that was noticed here,
03:07Patrick, is the long lines in the ticketing booths
03:11of bus companies going to different provinces.
03:15And all of them are fully booked.
03:17To ensure security,
03:19there are also police assistants here.
03:21We can see that there are police who are giving guidance
03:24and helping the passengers who are missing
03:27and are asking for help.
03:29Patrick?
03:31Okay, take care of our fellow travelers
03:34and thank you very much.
03:35Noel Talacay.
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