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The leader of the transport group Manibela on Sunday called off a meeting in Malacañang a day before a planned strike, claiming there were corrupt officials involved that he would eventually name.
Valbuena said about 1,000 public utility vehicles are expected to gather in Mendiola, Manila to protest a transport modernization program and corruption. The following universities and colleges in Manila and other neighboring provinces suspended their face-to-face classes: Adamson University, De La Salle University-Manila, University of the East – Manila and Caloocan, National University, all branches and campuses of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, San Beda University – Manila and Rizal, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Manila and Our Lady of Fatima University in Pampanga and Laguna.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., however, played down the scheduled strike, saying 95 percent of transport groups will continue to operate.Abalos said they discussed other matters aside from the strike, including concerns over “kotong” or bribery.
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