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VOL. XXXIX • NO. 219 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025

DAY OF PROTEST. Tens of thousands show up at two rallies at the Rizal Park and the People Power monument along EDSA, clockwise, top photo and inset, in Metro Manila to denounce the loss of billions of pesos in taxpayer’s money to corrupt government officials and their accomplices in anomalous, right photo, flood control deals. The protests were marred by, at left, confrontations between anti and proDuterte activists at EDSA, and clashes, center and right photos, between masked men and police guarding the roads leading to the presidential palace. Glitz was also provided by the presence of celebrities, bottom right photo, in both rallies. Edd Castro, Norman Cruz, Revoli Cortez, Andrew Rabulan Jhun Dantes, MMDA Facebook, and AFP

Filipinos cry out against corruption Rallies held across Metro, several provinces

Pockets of violence mar mostly peaceful rallies vs. corruption By Vince Lopez and Charles Dantes

with police anti-disturbance units guarding the roads leading to the presidential palace. Police said a relatively small A GROUP of masked, mostly blackclad, men clashed twice yesterday Next page

By Joel Zurbano, Rex Espiritu, Ram Superable, Charles Dantes, and Vito Barcelo

VER a hundred thousand protesters marched across Metro Manila and some provincial cities yesterday to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects that are estimated to have cost taxpayers well over P100 billion.

‘Bayanihan’ comes to life at EDSA By Rex Espiritu THE “Trillion Peso March” at the Edsa People Power Monument on September 21, 2025 ended up as not only a call for accountability and action against corruption, but also a living display of the Filipino bayanihan spirit.

Brice turns over evidence to Blue Ribbon—Ping

Thousands of participants—from church groups, students, workers, and civic organizations—gathered peacefully under the afternoon sun and rain, bringing food, water, and medical supplies not just for themselves but also for strangers standing beside them.

By Ram Superable

In a 5:00 p.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said the towns of Mahatao, Uyugan, Basco, Ivana and Sabtang in Batanes, as well as Santa Ana in mainland Cagayan and the Babuyan Islands may expect strong winds as ‘Nando’ continues to approach. The super typhoon was tracked at 450 kilometers East of Aparri, Cagayan by early Sunday evening. It was moving west northwestward at 15 kilometers per

SENATE President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Sunday assured that the documents and a computer retrieved from dismissed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer Brice Hernandez will undergo proper handling to preserve the chain of custody. Lacson, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, confirmed that the evidence was brought by Hernandez, who is testifying on alleged irregularities in flood control projects. “We will follow a process, and we are preparing for that now so that tomorrow all of it can be opened. For now, it remains sealed because it was already sealed when it was retrieved,” the veteran lawmaker explained. Lacson announced that the committee will hold its next hearing on

‘Nando’ now a super-typhoon; DILG sets mandatory evacuation AIPA AWARD. The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) conferred Saturday in Kuala Lumpur its prestigious Distinguished Service Award on former five-time House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. in recognition of his key role in transforming the ASEAN InterParliamentary Organization (AIPO) into today’s AIPA. Photo shows, from left: Malaysian PM HE Johari Abdul, GPV, Cambodian Member of Parliament Hon Sous Yara, Deputy Speaker Democrito Mendoza, Sec Gen of AIPA HE Siti Rozaimeriyanty Dato Haji Abdul Rahman De Venecia was joined by his wife, Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Georgina P. de Venecia, chairperson of the House Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy.

Rage over the so-called “ghost infrastructure projects” has been mounting in the country since President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. put them center stage in a July state of the nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding. Mr. Marcos said he could not blame the people for taking to the streets, admitting that he might have joined the demonstrations himself if he were not in office.

THE Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placed the southern Batanes and northeastern Cagayan under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 3 amid the onslaught of super typhoon ‘Nando’ in northern Luzon. Meanwhile, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered the mandatory evacuation of communities vulnerable to the approaching supertyphoon.