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00:00Now, let's talk about the new incident of the unauthorized passage of EDSA busway and other issues related to transportation.
00:07Let's talk to the Executive Secretary to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and its spokesperson, Jonathan Esmundo.
00:14Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.
00:17Yes, Balitang Hali, Rocky.
00:19Yes, there are a lot of unauthorized vehicles passing through EDSA busway.
00:23Do you have a plan to reduce the number of them?
00:28The enforcement of the EDSA busway is still ongoing, even the high-profile ones.
00:35We are still catching the last ones, from the employees of the U.S. Embassy,
00:41escorts of the officials of the PNP-HPG and the escort of the former Senator Manny Pacquiao.
00:51We will not stop if you are not authorized to use the busway.
00:59This is for us to keep the busway efficient because we want to encourage car owners to use the bus or MRT
01:10so that we can reduce the traffic of EDSA.
01:13Where do you lack in terms of information dissemination?
01:16We also cover this every day.
01:18It always appears in our newscasts and even in the newspapers.
01:22Where do you lack to let the people know that it is prohibited to pass through EDSA busway?
01:30We believe that with your help, the media, we have been able to disseminate who can use the busway.
01:41But there are a lot of obstacles.
01:45Now, there are officials who are being forced to be exempted from using the busway.
01:56They are being forced to be exempted from using the busway.
02:06It's good that you pointed that out.
02:08Where do you lack to let the people know that it is prohibited to pass through EDSA busway?
02:15That's right.
02:16Even though they are saying, call that person, call that person.
02:21They are doing name traps.
02:22Yes.
02:23We have not stopped them yet.
02:25Even if they say that they know someone in DOTR or PNP, we have not stopped them yet.
02:34We will still stop them.
02:35What is the latest on how you can raise the fine to the passengers passing through EDSA busway?
02:40The basic fine is the use of the busway, P5,000 for first offense.
02:45But there are a lot of obstacles that can be added.
02:49For example, the use of blinkers.
02:53Or in the convoy of Senator Pacquiao, there is no sign behind the vehicle.
03:01There are a lot of effects that can be added to that.
03:05In your investigation, is there any outcome from the incident of the convoy of PNP-HPG passing through EDSA busway?
03:11Is the name of PNP chief Rommel Marbil still valid?
03:15This morning, a statement was released on the arrest of PNP chief Marbil.
03:23He denied that he stopped the operation of the bus.
03:30He is saddened by that incident.
03:33He did not stop the use of his name.
03:37Even so, we continued issuing tickets even though our enforcers are on guard.
03:46How efficient is EDSA busway and how important is it for motorists?
03:52And how dangerous are the passengers who are not authorized in EDSA busway?
03:58As I said, this busway is very efficient.
04:03It is similar to the one in Cebu and Dabao.
04:06The government of Cavite wants to build their own busway.
04:11That will not be duplicated.
04:15The MRT3 and busway cannot collide.
04:21They complement each other.
04:22The MRT is smaller and the busway is longer.
04:25That is why it helps a lot of commuters.
04:29Instead of using private vehicles, they use public transport.
04:35That is why we think we should modernize, expand, and improve the operation of the busway
04:43instead of removing or limiting the use of it.
04:50Are there any improvements that you are thinking of to reduce the number of unauthorized passengers
04:54and make the operation of EDSA busway more efficient?
04:59What we are seeing now is that we are increasing the number of unauthorized passengers
05:04in different stations, not just one but two points of the busway
05:09so that we can catch the unauthorized passengers.
05:13To show that even if you follow others,
05:16you will be able to pass through the unauthorized stations.
05:22Okay. So you are really enforcing.
05:25I hope all of your enforcers have video cameras so that we can see if there are unauthorized passengers.
05:31That's right. We are using cell phone video for all encounters.
05:35We are currently looking for a body camera
05:41to give protection to our enforcers
05:48so that they will follow what they should do.
05:52Thank you very much for your time on Balitang Hali.
05:56Thank you Rocky.