LIVE: Violence erupts near protests in the Philippines over corruption scandal

Philippine police arrested 17 people — many dressed in black and wearing face masks — who set fire to the tires of a barricade truck and threw rocks at riot police securing a bridge and nearby roads leading to the presidential palace in Manila on Sunday. The brief but chaotic incident did not involve the thousands of protesters who joined two large, peaceful anti-corruption demonstrations that took place elsewhere in the capital. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VsQMP8

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Post from AP on September 21, 2025