UP, Miriam College, Ateneo students, profs to protest hero’s burial

Scene at UP Diliman on Friday. PHOTO BY JHESSET O. ENANO/INQUIRER

In a historic move, the students and faculty members of the University of the Philippines, Miriam College and Ateneo de Manila University will converge along Katipunan Avenue on Friday to express their dissent over the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

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As of press time, the UP contingent is making its way to Miriam College for the indignation program.

Protesters wearing black shirts chanted “Marcos, Hitler, diktador, tuta!,” a famous rallying cry during the martial law regime, with raised fists along the busy avenue. RAM

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