The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Swift Traffic Action Group (MMDA STAG), one of the agency’s units for enforcers, is implementing a no-leave policy for personnel to manage the influx of travelers for this year’s commemoration of Undas.
‘Yesterday, the traffic heading out of Metro Manila really was heavy. Now, I suppose it’s getting lighter. It’s not as heavy as it was yesterday. I hope this continues until tomorrow,’ MMDA STAG commander Bong Nebrija said in an interview with reporters at the San Juan City Cemetery Friday morning.
‘Then, we will be expecting the return of the travelers on Monday. Actually, Sunday afternoon to Monday morning, that’ll start. So, we’re anticipating that. We’re on a no-absent, no-day-off, no-leave policy until Monday,’ he added.
Later on Friday morning, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said the exodus from Metro Manila for the holiday weekend has been ‘generally peaceful.’
‘So far, based on our observations from going around, the situation here in bus terminals and, at the same time, there in the cemeteries,’ NCRPO Director Maj. Gen. Anthony Aberin told reporters after his inspections of bus terminals in Cubao, Quezon City, Friday morning.
‘We are on full alert effective October 28. until November 3, 2025. All our police officers should be accounted for and should report, except if they have medical conditions, and they should be ready to be deployed at any time,’ he added.