Two members of the House of Representatives filed a resolution urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to check the status of airports and their security facilities to reduce inconvenience and avoid congestion.
Davao City—Two members of the House of Representatives filed a resolution urging the Department of Transportation to check the status of airports and their security facilities to reduce inconvenience and avoid congestion.
In a resolution, the two lawmakers said the DOTr should incorporate in its proposed budget for 2024 the expenditures needed to improve these facilities “given the ever-increasing number of travelers going in and out of the country.” “The consistent congestion in these airports necessitates an increase and advancement in airport security facilities and equipment, particularly full body scanners and baggage scanners, to serve a larger number of people as well as ensure public safety in the exercise of every citizen’s right to travel,” they said in House Resolution No. 921.
‘Now, therefore be it resolved, as it is hereby resolved, that the House of Representatives of the Philippines urges the Department of Transportation to look into the current status of airport security facilities and equipment of the country’s airport terminals, particularly their full-body scanners and baggage scanners, and to include in its budget proposal for the 2024 National Expenditure Program the provision of the said airport security equipment that shall be allocated in all airport...
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