Nineteen senators voted on Aug. 6 not to hold accountable Vice President Sara Duterte of her actions that violated the Constitution and public trust. Their betrayal cut so deeply on one’s sense of values and concept of citizenship.
Protesters burn an effigy of “zombies BBM and VP Sara” as they prepare mass actions on the stretch of Commonwealth Avenue toward the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 28, before a joint session of the 20th Congress.
The people see an attempt to ignore their desire for accountability and protect Duterte. They are marching and making their voices heard. Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
The protesters demanded that the confidential funds be channeled to social services instead.
Feeling left out, some sectoral activists vented in protest in front of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon, May 31. Their placards say it all.
By REYNARD MAGTOTO LEGAZPI City – The weather was wet and bleak, but some 300 Albayanos marched under the rain on Monday, demanding the scrapping of the pork barrel. Protesters from multisectoral groups endured the 3-kilometer walk from Peñaranda Park, Governor Locsin Street to the Pinaglabanan Monument in Legazpi City, holding up umbrellas and drenched,