Five policemen sustained minor injuries when tension between them and protesters briefly erupted as protest actions loomed in line with the commemoration of the 161st Bonifacio Day on Saturday morning.
Hundreds of protesters assembled in Liwasang Bonifacio grounds in Manila and marched towards Mendiola but upon reaching Recto Avenue the police prevented the group from marching forward.
Some protesters insisted on passing through the police barricade which resulted to the violent confrontations.
Members of labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), and transport groups PISTON and Manibela remembered the birth of Filipino hero Andres Bonifacio, the father of Philippine Revolution with protest actions calling the government to act on some issues.
The group called on the government to raise salaries, create more jobs, scrap the PUV Modernization Program and implement reforms in the government system.
Abner is an award-winning journalist. He received the prestigious 2015 Titus Brandsma Award for Community Communication in the Philippines and participated in the 2016 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the United States of America, sponsored by the US Embassy in the Philippines. Founder of WATCH NORTH COTABATO, a media-citizens’ transparency group. He worked as a correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and CNN Philippines. His experience in broadcasting includes anchoring for Brigada News FM in Kidapawan and General Santos City and Brigada News TV. He anchors Tira Brigada via 105.1 Brigada News FM Manila, Mondays-Saturdays.