Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) Operations Manager Jonathan Tumulak says security plans are in place at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT). CDND Photo / Gerard Vincent Francisco
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Security plans are in place to ensure a peaceful Holy Week exodus at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT).
CSBT personnel has not recorded any crime or suspicious activity as of Tuesday, April 16, 2019, a good indication as the commemoration of the Holy Week progresses.
But the CSBT Operations Manager Jonathan Tumulak is not letting his guard down yet especially that massive exodus of people will only happen beginning Holy Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
In an interview with CDN Digital, Tumulak said they will continue to have a considerable number of security personnel, who will be stationed at the terminal.
Tumulak said he was not surprised with the results of the drug test conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and the Cebu Provincial Government on Monday, April 15, 2019.
No one among the 179 bus drivers and conductors tested positive for illegal drug use.
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Tumulak said the driver undergo regular drug tests, the latest of which was in February 2019.
“Wa gyud gipagawas ang mga drivers of conductors kay gialihan naman ni sa atong mga gwardya,” said Tumulak.
(No driver or conductor was allowed to go out since the security guard was standing by the door.) / celr