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ELECTRONIC gates will soon be deployed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to speed up and streamline immigration processing of passengers.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Transportation Secretary Dizon on Friday said the installation of e-gates is part of the government\u2019s effort to ensure smooth travel experience, stressing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.\u2019s instruction to prioritize the convenience and safety of passengers.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dizon said that the e-gates are expected to be ready before Christmas Season in time for the holidays, adding that both arrival and departure areas will be installed with e-gates.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHopefully by Christmas, sana by then na-replace na natin itont mga e-gates natin. The goal is before Christmas napalitan na natin yung e-gates dito sa NAIA,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAng magandang balita natin sa mga kababayan natin pagka nagawa na itong e-gates both arrival and depature na. Kahit palabas ka ng Pilipinas, e-gate na rin. Hindi na kailangan magmanual o face-to-face,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dizon expressed his gratitude to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado for helping replace the old e-gates, which he said need to be equipped with new technology for seamless passenger transaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNagpapasalamat tayo kay Justice Secretary Boying Remulla at Comissioner Viado kasi matagal nang pinupush natin itong pagreplace ng ating mga electronic gates for immigration,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The e-gates will prioritize Filipinos, especially overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), with foreign tourists seen to benefit from the automated passport control system as well, according to the transport chief.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAng priority natin Filipinos muna kagaya sa ibang bansa. Kailangan unahin natin mga kababayan natin, especially mga OFW. Napaka-gandang balita rin ito para sa ating mga turista,\u201d Dizon noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMalaking bagay ito sa travel experience ng mga kababayan natin. Malaking ginhawa ito lalo na pag peak travel,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ELECTRONIC gates will soon be deployed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to speed up and streamline immigration processing of passengers. Transportation Secretary Dizon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13692,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13690\/revisions\/13692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}