The Office for Transportation Security confirmed on Monday that the agency has dismissed another Security Screening Officer assigned to Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, after he was caught on close circuit television taking things from the luggage of a departing passenger while conducting a final security baggage inspection on 13  September.

Last Saturday, OTS Administrator Undersecretary Ma.O. Aplasca personally served the dismissal order against SSO Billy Boy Garcia at NAIA Terminal 2 after a thorough investigation.

We have so much problem already here. What do you want to show? Effective today, you are dismissed from the service  and remove that ID of yours.You don't deserve to wear that uniform," Aplasca said.

Garcia was then immediately served with the dismissal order and was right there and then stripped of his access pass, office ID and uniform.

The OTS investigators will further pursue this case, and they are requesting the said passenger to come forward to shed light on the incident.

Meanwhile, during the interview conducted by one of the members of Airport Press Club, the OTS chief said, "As of today, based on my observation, I think its not too late yet. We still have the core of our people who could make this internal cleansing a success."

Aplasca did not categorically state that the incidents of theft at the NAIA will be totally stopped and instead said he expects what he called the new breed of OTS personnel to snitch on their erring colleagues.

"I can confidently say that the chances of them being caught are high because we have new personnel. Mga bagong breed na di nila
ito-tolerate," Aplasca also stated in the same interview.

The OTS will not stop and will continue to conduct an intensified internal cleansing program to eliminate scalawags in their agency.