DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 September) – Only by changing the system can corruption in the country be stopped, leaders of the anti-corruption protest at Freedom Park here on Sunday said, while demanding at the same time full accountability of
Mostly young people chant for accountability and transparency in a rally against corruption at the Butuan City Hall roundabout before marching around three kilometers to Guingona Park, where they continue their protest on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 21 September) — City residents and people from other areas joined the nationwide Trillion Peso March against corruption on Sunday that drew participation from the religious and other sectors. Two anti-corruption protests were held – a
A protester wears an extended cape with a message in Cebuano that says “Return what’s stolen, punish the thieves,” during a rally against corruption in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 21 September) – It’s easy to see why the “Marcos resign” calls have failed to gain traction – the beneficiary, Vice President Sara Duterte, is seen as equally, if not more, corrupt. Her disbursement of 125
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 21 September) – South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. declared his support to the nationwide protests on Sunday and joined calls to end the “systemic” corruption in government, especially in infrastructure projects. Tamayo, League of Provinces
Protesters belonging to the Citizens Rage Against Corruption display placards calling for accountability and the return of stolen public funds shortly before the start of an anti-corruption rally at Freedom Park in Davao City on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Some 150 clergy from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines join the anti-corruption rally in front of the Press Freedom Monument at Vicente de Lara Park in Cagayan de Oro on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by JB DEVEZA
Some participants to the “Pray for the Philippines” activity organized by supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte start to arrive at San Pedro Square in Davao City around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, 21 September 2025. Duterte’s supporters will offer prayers for his return to the country from The Hague, Netherlands where he is detained to face charges of crime against humanity before the International Criminal Court. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
May today’s “Trillion Peso March against Corruption” bring forth the spring waters of social justice and moral integrity in our country, from the highest ranks of authority, political and non-political, to the lowest levels of our citizenry. May this day
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 21 September) — A conservation group warned anew that killing, possessing, or trading pawikan (marine turtles) would further endanger the survival of these endangered species. One Pawikan Initiative, a youth-led group in the Philippines dedicated to
(Guinevere Latoza of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism looked into the campaign expenditures of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte and found that the former UniTeam tandem received millions of pesos in campaign contributions from public
21 September 2025 Amid the urgent demand for accountability, the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) stands with the public in calling for full transparency and justice in the context of massive and widespread corruption engineered by the present
Catholic devotees gather around the image of Iligan City’s Patron Saint Michael the Archangel near the altar of St. Michael’s Cathedral on Saturday, September 20, 2025 after the long procession to mark the start of the nine-day novena until the
