The video was posted on Sept. 21, the day marked by huge rallies at Rizal Park, Edsa and elsewhere protesting the large-scale corruption in flood control projects and calling for the accountability of crooked contractors and state officials. It shows a man wearing a red shirt, with his right fist raised, and looking straight at...
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Stars of showbiz also showed up at the Sept. 21 rallies against corruption
The stars came out to shine in these tumultuous times. They showed up at Rizal Park and Edsa last Sunday, which marked 53 years since the dictator’s declaration of martial law, and made their presence felt at the protest actions against corruption in high and low places. The presence of the stars from TV, movie, music,...
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Return the money, jail the crooks: Vigorous protests again animate the motherland
The sun blazed all morning Sunday and rain poured intermittently starting in the early afternoon in Metro Manila. Still, attendance was vigorous at the twin protest rallies—dubbed “Baha sa Luneta” at Rizal Park and “Trillion Peso March” at the People Power Monument on Edsa—condemning the brazen corruption in flood control projects and demanding accountability. Attendance...
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From ‘Baha sa Luneta’ to ‘Trillion Peso March,’ Sept. 21 is a day of protest against corruption and for accountability
Street protests against corruption on Sept. 21 will culminate in a grand rally at the People Power Monument in the hope of reliving the “Edsa spirit” that led to the ouster of strongman Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. But the goal is to hold erring officials accountable, not to topple President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the late...