By Chito Chavez
Long queues of passengers on Saturday have started to fill the bus terminals on EDSA in Quezon City as they started to arrive for their trips to the provinces for the Holy Week break.
Passengers begin to troop to the Araneta Bus Station in Quezon City, April 5, 2019, as they make the most of the long weekend to go to their provinces to observe the coming Holy Week. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
At the Araneta Center Bus Station and the Araneta Center Bus Port, buses were already almost fully booked.
National Capital Region Police Office chief (NCRPO) P/Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said more policemen will be deployed to closely watch the bus terminals with the expected exodus of commuters to the provinces.
He placed the Metro Manila police force on red alert to avert any untoward incident as the number passengers in the bus terminals are expected to double in the next few days.
Eleazar, who made the rounds of the bus terminals in Cubao, said they wanted all bases to be covered as more policemen will also be stationed at the LRT and MRT stations, train stations, airports, and seaports.