Protesters: Use confidential funds for social services
The protesters demanded that the confidential funds be channeled to social services instead.
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,