Filipinos protest corruption on anniversary of Marcos' ouster
Gulf Times
Filipinos protest corruption on anniversary of Marcos' ouster
Pam Castro Philippine protesters took to the streets Wednesday on the 40th anniversary of the fall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, aiming their anger at a corruption scandal under his son's current administration. At a pair of protests barely a kilometre (0.6 miles) apart, demonstrators braved a scorching Manila sun to demand accountability for bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost the storm-battered archipelago billions of taxpayer dollars. At one intersection, protesters briefly clashed with shield-wielding police who eventually gave way, allowing the procession to pass.
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