{"id":155719,"date":"2018-03-08T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T03:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155719"},"modified":"2018-03-08T22:17:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T03:17:04","slug":"bi-braces-for-influx-of-holy-week-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/08\/bi-braces-for-influx-of-holy-week-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"BI braces for influx of Holy Week travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: NAIA (Photo<\/a>: NAIA International Airport\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 Two weeks before the Holy Week, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has started its preparations for the arrival of a huge volume of tourists in the country.<\/p>\n

With this, Commissioner Jaime Morente instructed BI port operations division chief Marc Red Mari\u00f1as to ensure that adequate personnel are deployed to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as international travelers are expected to converge at the country’s premiere port.<\/p>\n

Likewise, he directed BI chief personnel officer Grifton Medina to come up with list of immigration officers currently deployed at the main office and other sub-ports who could be temporarily reassigned to the NAIA during the holidays to prevent long queues in immigration counters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will sign the personnel orders reassigning them to the NAIA so as to minimize, if not totally prevent, long queues of passengers in our counters,\u201d Morente said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assure the traveling public that we have enough personnel to man our booths at the airport during the holidays,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The BI chief also urged passengers to come to the airport early so they won\u2019t miss their flights.<\/p>\n

Some foreign tourists are travelling to the country to witness the observance of the annual religious activity or to visit beaches and other islands.<\/p>\n

This year’s Holy Week starts on March 25 (Palm Sunday) to April 1 (Easter Sunday).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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