UPDATED. Street protests are staged in places such as Bicol, Naga, Baguio, Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, and Davao ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address.
Militant groups in various regions greeted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s second State of the Nation Address with street demonstrations to express their dissatisfaction about his first year in office even as they called on the government to act on pressing issues affecting citizens.
“Marcos said he would help the poor, but up to this point, particularly concerning our sector of drivers, they haven’t even considered the impact of phasing out traditional jeepneys on drivers and small operators,” Aldo Serat of PISTON Cebu told Rappler. REPORT CARD. Youth activists in Negros Occidental give the Marcos Jr. administration a failing mark. Photo courtesy of Tolentine Star
The denial of the permit, they said, showed “the continuing government clampdown on civic space and the widespread human rights violations across the country.”
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