BACOLOD CITY — Six leaders of transport groups in Bacolod City opposing the government's transportation modernization program were arrested by the Bacolod City Police Office in front of a hotel along a major thoroughfare on Wednesday.
BACOLOD CITY — Six leaders of transport groups in Bacolod City opposing the government's transportation modernization program were arrested by the Bacolod City Police Office in front of a hotel along a major thoroughfare on Wednesday.
' The leaders also questioned why they were not invited to the transport summit being held inside the hotel.Catedral said he is ready to face the charges the police might file against him.He added that they had voluntarily decided to leave the area after the protest but felt compelled to react when water was sprayed on them from a fire truck.'We are willing to be arrested, to be handcuffed, just to have our voices heard. We're not here to cause trouble.
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