{"id":136335,"date":"2017-12-05T00:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=136335"},"modified":"2017-12-05T00:42:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:42:32","slug":"more-immigration-personnel-to-help-decongest-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/05\/more-immigration-personnel-to-help-decongest-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"More immigration personnel to help decongest airports"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_124510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124510\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2274781378_98da1cea20_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124510\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2274781378_98da1cea20_z.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: A transport official on Monday said the Bureau of Immigration would be adding around 500 immigration personnel to help ease congestion in airports during the Christmas rush. (Photo by Jill Shih\/Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2274781378_98da1cea20_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2274781378_98da1cea20_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: A transport official on Monday said the Bureau of Immigration would be adding around 500 immigration personnel to help ease congestion in airports during the Christmas rush. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sillyjilly\/2274781378\/in\/photolist-4t1RfA-7DrWuc-6Fxd6Q-4t1QXW-4t1NE1-4jTaJm-pciWBR-pciXMM-pcjuA1-fggJg8-fgvXxb-4yipHk-fgvYUu-r8Rsao-qtDCKZ-r77xj2-rqj5mr-qew1eg-9wLRdy-qxzh5G-8RJF27-cmtDcC-8RFxpP-cmsYiQ-8uDcQe-cmvHFN-cmvH2U-cmrzRN-cmtkAA-8RFxKR-cmttrW-cmtgKC-egvSby-dz5nrY-cmvDmU-8RJENE-rqj8Z8-bypRnW-VqpaaW-qtrjdy-VqmYWd-rqj2Ee-Whea11-Whe9kJ-CgPpQf-cmtmh9-cmtez7-dDbMGr-eYxpty-e8Lqni\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sillyjilly\/\">Jill Shih\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A transport official on Monday said the Bureau of Immigration would be adding around 500 immigration personnel to help ease congestion in airports during the Christmas rush.<\/p>\n<p>Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal made this statement during a joint Senate and House hearing on transport updates this month.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Senator Grace Poe asked Monreal if the airports would be adding x-ray machines this month. Monreal, however, said that they would not, but instead be adding personnel.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with reporters, Poe said that although more immigration personnel would help shorten queues in the airport and prevent passengers from waiting too long, she expected more preparations in place.<\/p>\n<p>Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, also asked the DOTr when the Communications Navigation Surveillance\/Air Traffic Management (CNS\/ATM) would be operational.<\/p>\n<p>The CNS\/ATM is a state-of-the-art and satellite-based air traffic management system. It was expected to be operational this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Poe said the DOTr told her that it would not be operational until August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Poe said that while these systems have yet to be in place, the public would need more patience.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSakripisyo pa rin para sa ating mga kababayan talaga itong darating na Disyembre kasi hindi pa talaga handa rin ang\u00a0<\/em>DOTr\u00a0<em>at ang\u00a0<\/em>CAAP<em>\u00a0pagdating dito sa mga\u00a0<\/em>equipment<em>\u00a0na magpapagaan sa pagbiyahe na mas mapapabilis\u00a0<\/em>(This December, the public will have to sacrifice because the DOTr and the CAAP are really not ready in terms of equipment that can shorten their time in the airport),&#8221; Poe said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A transport official on Monday said the Bureau of Immigration would be adding around 500 immigration personnel to help &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":124510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16,95],"tags":[2982,37038,37037],"class_list":["post-136335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-bureau-of-immigration","tag-decongest-airports","tag-immigration-personnel","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}