Hundreds of urban poor held a noise barrage protest outside the ancestral house of President Benigno Aquino, III on Sunday in West Triangle, Quezon City following the growing cases of fire incidents in Metro Manila which the group blamed to the government's failure to provide basic social services.
Representatives from Gabriela Women's Partylist were joined today by women leaders from various organizations in laying wreaths of flowers and candles in memory of the Special Action Force commandos and other casualties killed in the Mamasapano encounter.
The Philippine Commission on Women said it will hold simultaneous street dance on the International Women’s Day.
Two soldiers were killed by alleged members of the New People’s Army on Friday morning in San Patricio, La Paz, Agusan del Sur.