{"id":7754,"date":"2025-09-22T07:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/philippine-police-clash-with-protesters-arrest-over-200-amid-flood-control-scandal-outrage\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:15:43","slug":"philippine-police-clash-with-protesters-arrest-over-200-amid-flood-control-scandal-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/philippine-police-clash-with-protesters-arrest-over-200-amid-flood-control-scandal-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine police clash with protesters, arrest over 200 amid flood-control scandal outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA, Sept 22 — Police in the Philippine capital arrested more than 200 people during clashes with masked protesters that erupted on a day of largely peaceful anti-corruption demonstrations, a spokesperson said today.<\/p>\n

At least 88 minors were among the initial count of 216 taken into custody yesterday as police deployed water cannons and deafening sirens against crowds of mostly young, rock-throwing protesters.<\/p>\n

Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno said a 12-year-old boy was the youngest detained.<\/p>\n

Thousands of Filipinos rallied in Manila yesterday to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.<\/p>\n

The scandal has seen numerous lawmakers implicated and the leaders of both houses of Congress step down from their positions during an investigation.<\/p>\n

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Protesters hold placards, one (right) which reads ‘the corrupt should be made answerable’, during a rally against phony flood control projects in Manila September 21, 2025. — AFP pic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But yesterday’s street battles, which saw multiple police vehicles set ablaze and the windows of a precinct headquarters shattered, threatened to overshadow demonstrations that had been filled with families, activists, clergy and politicians.<\/p>\n

“So far, none of them are saying the reasons behind their actions or if somebody paid them to do it,” regional police spokesperson Major Hazel Asilo told AFP.<\/p>\n

“As soon as we know their affiliations, we can know if they were part of the protesters or if they were just causing trouble,” she added.<\/p>\n

According to a statement released today by the department of health, about 50 people were brought to a single Manila hospital following the clashes.<\/p>\n

Another police spokesperson, Major Philipp Ines, said 93 officers had been injured yesterday, while adding the number of arrested could yet rise as people were still being processed.<\/p>\n

Rage over the so-called ghost infrastructure projects has been mounting in the South-east Asian country since President Ferdinand Marcos put them centre stage in a July state of the nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Finance has estimated the Philippine economy lost up to 118.5 billion pesos (RM8.4 billion) from 2023 to 2025 due to corruption in flood control projects.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace has suggested the number is actually closer to US$18 billion (RM75 billion).<\/p>\n

The Philippines was expecting heavy flooding on Monday as Super Typhoon Ragasa bore down on the country’s northernmost provinces.<\/p>\n

The archipelago nation is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, putting millions of people in disaster-prone areas in a state of constant poverty. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MANILA, Sept 22 — Police in the Philippine capital arrested more than 200 people during clashes with masked protesters that erupted on a day of largely peaceful anti-corruption demonstrations, a spokesperson said today. At least 88 minors were among the initial count of 216 taken into custody yesterday as police deployed water cannons and deafening…<\/p>\n

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