The Philippine president has encouraged the public to express their outrage over massive corruption that has plagued flood-control projects in one of Asia’s most typhoon-prone countries but says street protests should be peaceful.

The anti-corruption protests, which took place across Manila and other cities, are the largest to take place since the “Million People March” in 2013.

Thousands took to the streets across the Philippines on Sunday to express outrage over alleged corruption in bogus and sub-standard government flood-control projects worth billions of dollars, with violence erupting in the capital,

Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant from the International Criminal Court, charging him with crimes against humanity for the thousands killed in a drug war that Duterte waged across his political career.

The ex-leader allegedly suffers from significant cognitive deficiencies that affect his memory, his executive functioning, and “his capacity for complex reasoning.”

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Embassy in the Hague, on Wednesday confirmed that embassy officials visited former

Clergy and religious along with lay Catholic faithful came out in droves at an anti-corruption rally in the Philippines capital of Manila Sept. 21 that drew tens of thousands of protesters.

Prominent journalists from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition in signing an unprecedented joint letter to Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

Thousands of Filipinos took to the streets across the Philippines on Sunday to express outrage over alleged corruption in bogus and sub-standard government flood-control projects worth billions of dollars.

Ten out of 10.” That is how FIVB president Fabio Azevedo ranked the Philippines’ hosting of the FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship.