Terminals checked as people go home for holidays

WITH the influx of passengers because of the holidays, the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 inspected  different terminals in Cebu City yesterday.

At the South Bus Terminal,  Ariel Yburan, head of the inspection team, observed that  the flow of passengers was orderly.

But at the North Bus Terminal in Mandaue City, they arrested drivers of some colorum vehicles.

LTFRB also sent teams to inspect  terminals in Ayala Center and SM City malls to check if the papers of  mini buses and jeepneys were  in order.

SP02 Bob Bernabe of the Cebu Provincial Police Office said  the flow of passengers in the South Bus Terminal was more orderly this year compared to last year.

“People learned from their previous experience. That’s why they travel as early as now,” he said in Cebuano.

Carmen Quijano, operations manager of the South Bus Terminal, said they use a  task force composed of police officers and Civil Security Unit (CSU) personnel  to ensure order and safety in the terminal even with the peak crowds of passengers./Correspondent Tweeny Malinao