(Eagle News) — Bottled water, drinks and other containers containing liquids less than 100 milliliter (ml) are now allowed inside the MRT-3 station and its trains.
This was according to an announcement made by the Department of Transportation’s MRT-3 administration on Thursday, February 14.
The announcement for MRT-3 passengers was also posted on the MRT-3’s twitter account.
It said that bottled water, drinks and other liquids like perfume, rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizers and the like with a volume of 100 ml below are now allowed inside the MRT-3 station and inside its trains.
The MRT-3 management also reminded the public that the items that they had previously confiscated during the ban on liquid products inside the MRT-3 trains can now be claimed at the stations where these had been confiscated.
Passengers claiming these items need only to present identification cards (IDs) with the MRT-3 station supervisor.
ANUNSYO PARA SA MGA PASAHERO NG DOTr MRT-3: Ang bottled water, drinks at iba pang uri ng likido tulad ng pabango, rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol), hand sanitizers na 100ML and below ang volume capacity ay pinapayagan na po sa loob ng istasyon at tren ng MRT-3. pic.twitter.com/lNWWhehUH8
— DOTr MRT-3 (@dotrmrt3) February 14, 2019
MRT-3 and LRT passengers had previously complained about the ban on liquid products inside trains which was implemented by the Department of Transportation and the Philippine National Police on January 31 as a precautionary measure after the twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu on January 27.
Passengers were forced to leave behind their bottled water and other drinks, and even perfumes, colognes and lotions before taking the trains.
The most controversial case that arose out of the ban was that of a 23-year old Chinese woman, Zhang Jiale, who threw her “taho” or sweetened soybean curd drink, at a police officer who prevented her from boarding an MRT-3 station.
The ban was imposed to prevent the possibility of a liquid explosives, such as nitroglycerin, being brought inside the train. Nitroglycerin is a component in some relatively stable solid explosives, like dynamite, but is dangerous and volatile as a liquid.
