A 52-year-old watch repairman who fatally stabbed a 15-year-old student during the Sept. 21 riots in Quiapo has claimed he acted out of fear after feeling threatened by a group of young individuals allegedly vandalizing motorcycles near his stall. The incident took place at the intersection of...
BACOLOD CITY – Despite the rain, approximately 2,500 individuals turned out in this highly-urbanized city on Sunday, Sept. 21, to mark the 53rd anniversary of martial law. Demonstrators expressed their frustrations over recent issues and broader concerns about governance in the country. Clad in...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region heightened security and public safety operations as anti-corruption rallies were held on the island on the anniversary of martial law on Sunday, Sept. 21. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, PRO-NIR spokesperson, said that personnel were...
Transport group Manibela announced that it will provide free rides for participants of the anti-corruption rallies at Luneta Park in Manila and the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City on Sunday, Sept. 21. The initiative is intended to help residents from different parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces...
The Police Regional Office-3 mobilized more than 500 personnel to assist in securing the martial law anniversary in Manila on Sunday, Sept. 21. The contingent was composed of personnel from Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3 and the provincial and city police offices of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija,...
Demonstrators in Rizal Park in Luneta and in other areas in Manila continued to swell to around 50,000 on Sunday, Sept. 21, in protest of alleged corruption in government infrastructure projects. Situation Updates 7 a.m. – More than 300 people had already gathered around Rizal Park, according to...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso said the city government is fully prepared to support residents and participants to mass protest actions in the capital on Sunday, Sept. 21, in line with the 53rd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. “This is our small share and initiative...
Protesters preparing to join the September 21 anti-corruption rallies in Metro Manila are advised to brace for rains and possible thunderstorms, as Typhoon Nando (international name: Ragasa) continues to enhance the southwest monsoon (habagat). In its 11 p.m. tropical cyclone bulletin issued...
A group of teachers and education workers called on the public, especially the youth, to open their eyes to the “tyranny” of President Duterte as the country commemorates the 49th year since then President Ferdinand E. Marcos put the country under martial law. President Duterte / Malacañang...
The Manila Police and Quezon City Police Districts on Tuesday, Sept. 21 are now on full alert as they prepare for the rallies and activities in connection with the 49th anniversary of Martial Law declaration. Around 1,500 police were deployed in the city of Manila. In a DZBB report, MPD Chief Brig....
