{"id":202171,"date":"2019-02-14T04:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=202171"},"modified":"2019-02-14T04:39:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:39:44","slug":"bottled-liquids-up-to-100ml-now-allowed-inside-mrt-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/14\/bottled-liquids-up-to-100ml-now-allowed-inside-mrt-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottled liquids up to 100ml now allowed inside MRT-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_202177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202177\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MRT-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202177\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MRT-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MRT-3-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MRT-3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MRT-3-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In its statement, the management notified the commuters that they can claim the items confiscated from them to the MRT-3&#8217;s station supervisor. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dotrmrt3\/photos\/a.2056632241232252\/2296306743931466\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dotrmrt3\/\">DOTr MRT-3\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Commuters can now bring bottled liquids inside train stations but only if it does not exceed 100 milliliters (ml), the management of Metro Manila Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) announced on Thursday, February 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>&#8220;Ang <\/i>bottled water, drinks <i>at iba pang uri ng likido tulad ng pabango, <\/i>rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol), hand sanitizers <i>na<\/i> 100ML and below <i>ang<\/i> volume capacity <i>ay pinapayagan na po sa loob ng istasyon at tren ng <\/i>MRT-3 (Bottled water, drinks, and other liquid such as perfume, rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizers that have a volume capacity of 100 ml and below are now allowed inside train stations and coaches of the MRT-3),&#8221; it said in its Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On February 8, the MRT-3 management said it has received a bomb threat through an email last<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>January 3. This prompted them to impose stricter security measures in its train line, following the twin blasts in a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/08\/mrt-3-says-it-imposed-stricter-security-measures-due-to-bomb-threat\/\">READ: MRT-3 says it imposed stricter security measures due to bomb threat<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The management has recently implemented a ban on liquids, which drew a lot of negative reactions from the netizens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It, however, explained it banned the bottled liquids inside the train stations as it can be &#8220;mixed to form a liquid bomb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The management earlier released a list of liquid items permitted inside the MRT-3 and these are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Baby formula or breast milk in bottles.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Drinking water for children.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">All prescription and over-the-counter medications.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Liquids including water, juice or liquid nutrition or gels for passengers with a disability or life condition.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Life-support and life-sustaining liquids such as bone marrow, blood products, and transplant organs.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Items used to augment the body and for medical and cosmetics reasons such as mastectomy products, prosthetics breast, bras or shells containing gels, saline solution, or other liquids.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Gels or frozen liquids needed to cool disability or medical-related items used by persons with disabilities or medical conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">In its statement, the management notified the commuters that they can claim the items confiscated from them to the MRT-3&#8217;s station supervisor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>&#8220;Ipakita lamang ang inyong<\/i> ID (identification card) <i>sa aming <\/i>Station Supervisor <i>upang makuha ang mga nasabing<\/i> item\/s (Just show your ID to our station supervisor to claim the said items),&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The announcement came after a Chinese fashion design student, Zhang Jiale, became the talk of the town when she threw a cup of taho to a police officer who prevented her from entering the MRT-3 due to the ban. Zhang is now under the custody of the Bureau of Immigration (BI).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/09\/police-nab-chinese-woman-after-she-throws-cup-of-taho-to-police-officer-in-mrt-3\/\">READ: Police nab Chinese woman after she throws cup of \u2018taho\u2019 to police officer in MRT-3<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commuters can now bring bottled liquids inside train stations but only if it does not exceed 100 milliliters (ml), the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":202177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202171","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=202171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}