Militants set Labor Day march to Mendiola Wednesday
By Tina G. Santos
Various trade unions and militant groups announced Tuesday they would hold a massive Labor Day protest in Manila to reiterate workers’ demands for wage increases.
Various trade unions and militant groups announced Tuesday they would hold a massive Labor Day protest in Manila to reiterate workers’ demands for wage increases.
A group of vendors, who were barred from selling their goods inside the Rizal Park, was on its way to Mendiola in Manila to stage a rally.
A media organization and other militant groups carrying makeshift coffins arrived in Mendiola in Manila Friday afternoon to stage a protest rally in commemoration of the Maguindanao massacre’s third anniversary.
Nearly a hundred Muslims gather at Mendiola, the section where protesters gather, on Monday to witness the signing of the peace deal forged between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front at the Malacañang Palace, police said.
Mendiola was closed to traffic Friday as militant groups arrived to stage protest actions to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Martial Law declaration.
Militant groups holding a Labor Day rally at Don Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) to demand, among others, for a wage increase, on Tuesday were rained out.
Militant groups are expected to gather at the Mendiola Bridge in Manila Tuesday in commemoration of Labor Day.
MANILA, Philippines—About 8,000 students from different state universities and colleges are set to march to Mendiola Friday to demand for sufficient government subsidy for tertiary education. The “march for education” was part of a series of protest at the University of the Philippines and member schools of the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges. [...]
