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00:00 The bus terminal was also inspected to ensure the safety of passengers.

00:05 There were drivers and conductors who tested positive for the surprise drug test.

00:11 Katrina Son is a witness.

00:13 A long queue. This is the situation here in Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange or PITX.

00:24 Salvation Renegado will go home to Bicol to vote and wait for the results.

00:29 Together with her daughter, they are going to wait here so that they won't be accompanied by the passengers who will go home.

00:35 If tomorrow, there are still a lot of passengers, we will go home now.

00:42 Elvira Soneja is a nurse. She is going home to Catanduanes.

00:46 She also doesn't expect that there will be a lot of passengers going home.

00:50 Their bus is delayed.

00:53 It's hard to get a ticket. The queue is long. We had lunch here, snack here, and dinner here.

01:02 I don't know if we're still here for midnight snack.

01:05 The number of people going home to their provinces who are here in PITX has increased.

01:12 And these are the lines of passengers going to Bicol.

01:16 If you can see, the line is really long.

01:19 It goes from there to here.

01:23 That's why some passengers are having a hard time buying their tickets.

01:29 Earlier, to make sure that the system is in order,

01:32 Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista inspected the PITX,

01:36 road worthiness of the vehicles and passengers in the boarding area.

01:40 The LTO conducted a surprise drug and alcohol test on the bus drivers who were also visited by the police.

01:46 We know that we are negative.

01:49 We just had a drug test in the company. It's a mandatory test.

01:53 Now, we're having a drug test again.

01:55 It is expected that one and a half million people will be passing through PITX from now until November 6.

02:01 October 30 and 31 are the peak of the last waves, but because of the length of the possible vacation.

02:08 Our countrymen will spread out. Some of them will leave today, some will leave on Saturday, some on Sunday.

02:13 Even if the bus is still short, LTFRD personnel will still be there to issue special permits on site.

02:20 They are still not allowed to go to the corridors. Two were already arrested earlier.

02:24 There are also police officers here, Bureau of Fire and Philippine Coast Guard.

02:29 In the terminal in Davao, the security measures are tight.

02:33 The PIDEA-11 also conducted a surprise drug test on the 600 bus drivers and drivers there.

02:39 In Butuan City, four drivers and one driver in one terminal tested positive for the surprise drug test.

02:46 According to the DOTR, five people who tested positive for the drug test will be given a license.

02:51 They will be under the counseling before they pass the three-month intervention.

02:56 In Cagayan de Oro City, there are still few passengers in the westbound terminal, but there are more passengers in the eastbound terminal.

03:04 There are still few passengers in the integrated bus terminal in Zamboanga.

03:08 For JEMAI Integrated News, Katrina Son, your witness.

03:14 [Music]

Mga uuwi sa probinsya para sa BSKE at Undas, dagsa na sa PITX; ilang biyahe, delayed | Saksi

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