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Leftwing protesters have clashed with riot police as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and shipping containers before the Philippine president’s final state of the nation address.Leftwing protesters have clashed with riot police as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and shipping containers before the Philippine president’s final state of the nation address.
Some of the approximately 4,000 protesters, soaked by heavy rain, started to push away the metal cargo containers and iron railings stopping them get close to the House of Representatives in suburban Quezon City, where Benigno Aquino III is to deliver his speech later on Monday, police said. Some of the approximately 4,000 protesters, soaked by heavy rain, started to push away the metal cargo containers and iron railings that stopped them from getting close to the House of Representatives in suburban Quezon City, where Benigno Aquino III is to deliver his speech later on Monday, police said.
At least three police officers and 16 protesters were injured when authorities used water cannon to push back the activists, who threw rocks and bottles at the police, according to police and Red Cross volunteers. At least three police officers and 16 protesters were injured when authorities used water cannon to push back the activists, who threw rocks and bottles at the officers, according to police and Red Cross volunteers.
Aquino, whose six-year term ends next June, is expected to report on the progress of his fight against corruption and poverty, the centrepiece of his campaign that landed him a landslide victory. Aquino, whose six-year term ends next June, is expected to report on the progress of his fight against corruption and poverty, the centrepiece of the campaign that landed him a landslide victory.
But problems have persisted in the south-east Asian country, where one-in-four people live in poverty. Communist and Muslim insurgencies raging on and off for more than four decades have combined with law and order problems and natural disasters in the typhoon-prone archipelago to make governance very complicated.But problems have persisted in the south-east Asian country, where one-in-four people live in poverty. Communist and Muslim insurgencies raging on and off for more than four decades have combined with law and order problems and natural disasters in the typhoon-prone archipelago to make governance very complicated.