00:00Meanwhile, the officials of Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority
00:03denied that there was no shooting in their area.
00:08After this, they also answered their questions, especially on social media.
00:13This is Jessie Atienza of PTV Cebu in the center of the news.
00:18Ma'am, can I take your bag, ma'am?
00:20Okay, no problem, ma'am.
00:22A passenger of Mactan Cebu International Airport
00:27arrived at Mactan Cebu International Airport on March 27, past 3 p.m.
00:33The items were taken out one by one inside the bag
00:36until a blue pouch was opened where the four bullets were taken.
00:41According to the Office for Transport Security,
00:44the bullets were first detected by the screening personnel
00:47on the surface of the baggage scanning system
00:50so the PNP and the passenger were immediately alerted.
00:53The PNP arrived.
00:55The PNP also showed the image of the bullet on the X-ray.
01:00The bag was being rejected and sent to the inspector.
01:04The screener established who the owner was.
01:09A lady passenger acknowledged that it was her bag.
01:14The PNP was already in custody of the female passenger
01:17and was under investigation.
01:19However, the officers of the PNP also confirmed
01:22the negative reactions of the public on social media
01:25regarding the fact that the MCIA has already entered a mode of shooting bullets.
01:30As you can see, even in the news, online, and social media,
01:34that passenger did not complain.
01:38No one said that it was a shooting.
01:40No one said that it was a prank.
01:43No one said that it was not theirs.
01:46Those who commented, those netizens,
01:49they were not the ones who complained.
01:51The terminal operations explained that it was not new to them
01:55that there were bullets being intercepted in the bags of passengers.
01:58The bullets that were intercepted, the uniformed personnel,
02:01the others, amulets, the ones that were already tipped,
02:04the others were just capsules.
02:06Regardless if you are a uniformed personnel,
02:09whatever your profession,
02:11when it comes to X-rays, if you see a bullet,
02:13it will be intercepted.
02:15The officers of Paliparan were assured
02:17that their operation will not be easily entered by any syndicate or mode.
02:22We have what we call a CBC, or Complete Background Check,
02:25on the person.
02:26So all of that, including the community check,
02:28we asked for their clearances.
02:30So, when it comes to...
02:33And especially, this is a government employment.
02:36The reality is, never,
02:39even you, you can attest,
02:41MCIA, the airport,
02:43we never have an allegation that there were bullets here.
02:46Once upon a time, Mactan-Cebu International Airport
02:50was made the best airport in Asia Pacific
02:52by the Airport's Council International.
02:55From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza,
02:57for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
