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00:00Last Saturday before Christmas, but due to the integrated terminal exchange of PITX,
00:05there are still problems with the trip to Bicol and it is difficult to buy a ticket.
00:09Let's take a look at the situation there in the live broadcast of Jonathan Andal.
00:13Jonathan?
00:17Pia, as you can see behind me, it is very crowded here in PITX.
00:21Even outside the terminal, the line to enter the main entrance is very long during this time.
00:27If you are going to Bicol, it will be difficult to buy a ticket.
00:31But you can take a chance as a chance passenger because there are buses that are added.
00:36However, the waiting time is very long.
00:38The one I talked to, he waited 5 hours before he was able to buy a ticket.
00:46The line is long and long now for Bicol trips to PITX or Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange.
00:54The buses are already fully booked until December 24.
00:57We've been here for 2 hours already.
01:00I don't know if we will be able to ride.
01:03Melanie took 5 hours before she was able to buy a ticket.
01:07She bought a ticket that is more expensive because she already got a premium bus
01:11and point-to-point she will go to Tabaco Albay.
01:14I will really grab it and go home.
01:17Even in the bus terminals in EDSA, the waiting time of the passengers is long
01:22because the buses from Bicol will not be able to return to Manila.
01:25All the buses that arrive here in Manila are delayed.
01:29The effect of that on the chance passengers and our regular passengers is that they are waiting.
01:33The bus company here in Sampaloc, Manila cannot travel.
01:37Based on the buses that arrived, it takes 18 to 20 hours before Naga arrives
01:44because of the heavy traffic here in Parting Lupi, Andaya Highway.
01:50The traffic in Bicol is a bit problematic
01:53because there are highways that were damaged by the typhoon.
01:58This holiday, we might not be able to solve it right away.
02:02That's why the solution is to look for alternate roads.
02:07In Manila North Port, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista inspected the port
02:12and inside a ship.
02:14The ship's trips are also fully booked until December 24
02:18especially to Cebu and Bacolod.
02:20If you will travel after Christmas, call the hotline first
02:24or check the shipping line's website online
02:26if there are available tickets before going to Pantalan.
02:29Don't take a chance or be a chance passenger in Pantalan.
02:34Don't go here if you don't have a ticket yet.
02:36Bautista also inspected the IA Terminal 3.
02:39There are a lot of passengers and the queue for immigration is fast.
02:42Someone is inspecting. Our airport is spacious.
02:47Let's wait for the inspection to end.
02:51Bautista also announced that the screening and immigration will be replaced
02:56next year before Easter.
02:58This means that the luggage will be screened first
03:02before the passengers face immigration
03:04so that if there is an X-ray machine
03:06that is prohibited but important,
03:08it can be left with the passenger.
03:10If there are items that should not be entered
03:14if you have already passed immigration,
03:16it will be confiscated.
03:18Meanwhile, if you haven't passed immigration
03:21and you saw that you can't enter,
03:24you can call your fellow passengers
03:26and ask them to buy it.
03:28The road in the arrival area of Terminal 3
03:30was expanded for a better traffic flow.
03:34The parking space was reduced
03:36so that two lines can be added to the road.
03:38According to Bautista,
03:40150,000 passengers a day
03:43are expected to arrive at Christmas Rush.
03:50Every hour, 10,000 passengers are added
03:54to the terminal of PITX.
03:56According to the guidance,
03:58at 5 p.m.,
04:00143,000 passengers pass through the terminal.
04:04PITX's advice to passengers
04:06is not to bring fireworks and lights
04:09because it is prohibited to travel in buses.
04:12That's the latest from PITX.
04:14Back to you, Pia.
04:16Jonathan, the reminders in Northport were clear.
04:18I'll just go back to what they said there.
04:20If there are no tickets,
04:22if you haven't booked,
04:24don't go straight to Pierre.
04:26Does this mean that
04:28those who don't have tickets
04:30or chance passengers will not be allowed to enter?
04:34They will still be accommodated
04:36at the terminal.
04:38But according to the guidance
04:40of the shipping line,
04:42for the safety and convenience
04:44of the passengers,
04:46they will not be able to sleep there.
04:48They will just sit there.
04:50If they will wait there
04:52for the ship's journey,
04:54they will have a hard time.
04:56But they will accept the terminal
04:58if they will go there
05:00and wait for the ship's journey.
05:02Thank you very much, Jonathan.
05:04There are still people
05:06who do last-minute Christmas shopping
05:09but some stalls
05:11also have an online store
05:13for those who don't want to wait.
05:15Bernadette Reyes is live.
05:21It's already the last weekend before Christmas
05:23but there are still a lot of people
05:25who want to buy gifts in Divisoria.
05:27But what is there in this place
05:29and why, despite
05:31the online shopping,
05:33there are still a lot of people
05:35who want to buy here?
05:37We have already bought
05:39almost half of the goods there.
05:41The others are triple.
05:43The ones I bought here
05:45cost only Php 15.
05:47The price dropped.
05:49Meanwhile, there,
05:51Php 40 is the cheapest.
05:53Php 1,000 for four children.
05:55Is that affordable?
05:57Yes, it is.
05:59But sales are slow
06:01compared to last year.
06:03So even if there are stalls,
06:06sales are slower
06:08because it's cheaper online.
06:10What do you do
06:12so you can sell?
06:14We lower the price a little.
06:16We also have extra income.
06:18For others,
06:20it's better
06:22if it's a personal gift.
06:24It's better here
06:26because you can see what you're buying.
06:28It's the last sizes
06:30that's why we give it
06:32at a low price.
06:34The price guide of DTI
06:36is not included in the Noche Buena items.
06:38Because more than 100 items
06:40have a high price,
06:42Vilma's family is helping
06:44in preparing the goods.
06:46My siblings and I
06:48work hard
06:50to prepare.
06:52For GMA Integrated News,
06:54Bernadette Reyes, 24 Hours.
06:56A Philippine airplane
06:58was monitored by China
07:00that illegally entered
07:02the airspace.
07:04In the China Coast Guard,
07:06Scarborough Shoal entered
07:08the West Philippine Sea
07:10in the Philippines' C-208 aircraft.
07:12The Scarborough Shoal
07:14that we call Panatag Shoal
07:16is inside our
07:18200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone.
07:22It was planned by China
07:24and the aircraft was removed
07:26according to the law.
07:28China also restricted
07:30the Panatag Shoal.
07:32The Philippines seriously
07:34accused China of
07:36stopping this act.
07:38They will continue to strengthen
07:40the law enforcement
07:42in the waters that are within their jurisdiction.
07:44They asked for a comment
07:46from the Philippine Embassy in Beijing
07:48but it did not immediately respond.
07:50As a Philippine Coast Guard,
07:52the airplane is in BFAR
07:54with their ships
07:56that are patrolling
07:58the Panatag Shoal
08:00for the safety of our fishermen.
08:02The PCG that our aircraft
08:04left and did not remove
08:06is illegal according to China.
08:08On Christmas Eve,
08:10motorists are not waiting
08:12but the price of oil
08:14is rising.
08:16According to Uni Oil,
08:18the price of diesel
08:20can reach more than a peso.
08:22The price of gasoline
08:24will increase
08:26as well.
08:28According to the Oil Industry Management Bureau
08:30of the Energy Department,
08:32the increase in the price of oil
08:34has an effect on the strength of the dollar
08:36and the decrease of crude oil stocks in America.
08:38This is the last weekend.
08:40Before Christmas,
08:42many of us are already
08:44chasing to go home to their provinces.
08:46Let's check out the current
08:48trend of Tropico
08:50with the live coverage
08:52of Niko Wake.
08:56Pia, I'm here at the
08:58Command Center of SLEX.
09:00But earlier, we passed by Calamba
09:02and the San Pedro Laguna area
09:04where Tropico is already heavy.
09:06According to SLEX,
09:08the reason for that is
09:10the road widening.
09:12We're here at
09:14South Luzon.
09:16Tropico started to get heavy
09:18at 1.30pm earlier
09:20in the San Pedro Laguna area.
09:22According to SLEX,
09:24most of the vehicles
09:26started to go home early
09:28for the holiday season.
09:30The number of vehicles
09:32is 2.3km long.
09:34At 2pm, we reached
09:36the Calamba area
09:38where Tropico is already heavy.
09:40The reason for the traffic in SLEX
09:42is the road widening.
09:44We have a widening.
09:46From 5 lanes to 4 lanes.
09:48From 3 lanes to 2 lanes
09:50in the Calamba area.
09:52It's slow moving.
09:54But after the bridge, it's fast again.
09:56In the northbound
09:58of Metro Manila,
10:00we have a volume here
10:02in the C5 area
10:04and in the Bicutan area.
10:08But according to SLEX,
10:10not that many are traveling.
10:12Only 50% of the expected
10:141.1 million daily average
10:16of vehicles traveled yesterday.
10:18We expect
10:20usually at 10 or 11pm,
10:22it's still heavy.
10:24But at night,
10:26it's only 9pm
10:28and we have light traffic.
10:30It's possible because most of the vehicles
10:32entered on Monday.
10:34But SLEX is ready for more travelers.
10:36All of our patrollers
10:38are deployed.
10:40The fire marshal
10:42and emergency ambulance
10:44are also deployed.
10:46Even our quick reaction team is deployed.
10:48We also deployed ambulances
10:50so that we won't have
10:52any problems in the road.
10:5495% of the vehicles
10:56are now registered as RFID.
10:58Just make sure that the RFID is balanced
11:00so that it won't interfere with toll gates
11:02which is another reason for the traffic.
11:08Here, it's getting red.
11:10This is the traffic lane,
11:12northbound and southbound.
11:14You can see that.
11:16This is the San Pedro area
11:18in the middle of Susan Heights and San Pedro.
11:20On the other screen,
11:22this is the situation
11:24of Calamba.
11:26The traffic lane is getting slower.
11:28On the northbound,
11:30there's also a SLEX command center
11:32in Alabang Viaduct.
11:34The traffic lane is getting slower
11:36until Bicutan.
11:38That's all for the latest.
11:40Back to you, Pia.
11:42Thank you very much, Niko Wahe.
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