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passengers from using their cellular phones while queued up before the BI counters at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport .
Curiously, the prohibition was enforced amid a controversy over long lines in the airport’s the BI area that have reportedly caused dozens of travelers to miss their flights. Over the past days, the BI came under fire from irate air passengers and netizens over the long lines at the Immigration booths, especially at NAIA terminal 3. There were also reports of missed flights due to the kilometric queues that reportedly took the passengers two hours or more to negotiate.
“We are getting the commitment from the Bureau of Immigration to increase their manpower even before the surge of passengers comes during the peak hours of the day in order to arrest the build-up of passengers,” he said. In addition to the existing electronic gates, or e-gates, installed by BI for arriving Philippine passport holders, MIAA is also advocating for the installation of new e-gates for departing passengers in order to reduce travelers’ processing time even further.
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