Published January 4, 2016 8:28am
With the holiday season over, it's back to school and back to work for many Filipinos on Monday, a report on Unang Balita said.
Those who spent their vacation in provinces have flocked to bus terminals, while those who went to Manila for the holidays trooped to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for flights back home.
In Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, bus trips were already fully booked on Monday, but this did not prevent people from hoping to be chance passengers.
Police were on the alert to provide security to passengers, the report said.
At terminals in Balanga City, Bataan, buses were full within five minutes due to the volume of people wanting to get a ride in time for the first day of work or school on Monday.
Meanwhile, at the Odiongan Port in Romblon, the queue was already long for tickets. Some passengers even camped out on Sunday night to be able to get in line first.
In Legazpi City, Albay, passengers who had their vacation in the city had difficulty getting tickets to Manila since the bus company does not accept reservations.
Passengers had no choice but wait in line.
The dispatchers however said there were enough buses going to Manila on Monday.
In Baguio, the situation was almost the same, with passengers coming in droves to get on buses going to Manila.
Bus companies had to field out more buses to accommodate all the passengers.
They also gave the assurance there were enough buses for those going back to Manila.
NAIA
Meanwhile, at NAIA, passengers themselves have already expected there will be more people at the airport on Monday.
Many of them were going back home to the provinces after spending the holidays in Manila.
Several passengers went to NAIA early enough for their domestic flights to avoid any inconvenience.
One balikbayan family was seen with their luggage wrapped in cling wrap, since they said they heard the news about the laglag-bala scam.
Authorities reminded passengers to be at NAIA at least two hours before their domestic flight, and three hours before their international flight to avoid any inconvenience. —KG, GMA News
