YOUTH MOBILIZATION. Student activists gather at Liwasang Bonifacio on Sept. 21, holding placards condemning corruption, red-tagging and state repression while calling for systemic political accountability. (DAVAO TODAY Photo/Wendyl Geronimo)
Students press on as security swells for Martial Law observance protests
MANILA, Philippines—Students marched through heavily fortified streets on the 54th anniversary of martial law despite a massive police deployment and warnings of possible arrests, saying the risks only reinforced the…