A Sunday for anger

If you are unaware that massive protest rallies are happening across the country today—if you’ve missed the calls on social media, the news reports, or even word-of-mouth—then you are either disconnected from reality or willfully turning a blind eye.

- PINKY CONCHA COLMENARES

Or perhaps, worse, you are part of the corrupt system that has driven tens of thousands of citizens to give up their Sunday for protest.

Two major rallies in Metro Manila—one at Luneta and another at the Edsa Shrine—are taking place alongside dozens more across the nation. These are not merely symbolic gatherings. They are expressions of deep, festering anger over the unrelenting reports of ghost flood control projects, substandard infrastructure, padded contracts, and the obscenely lavish lifestyles of officials who have long abandoned the values of honesty and public service.