(1 May 2025)
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Manila, Philippines – 1 May 2025
1. Various of protesters and anti riot police pulling barracade during labor day rally in Manila
2. Protester holding placard “workers of the world unite” zoom out to crowd
3. Protesters singing and dancing during Labor Day program
4. Mock up of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos jr and United State President Donald Trump face
5. Close of Marcos and Trump’s face
6. Protesters singing with a drawing of US President Trump at the background
7. Drawing of Trump
8. Protest leader Mong Palatino
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mong Palatino, Protest leader:
“Tariff wars and the policies of (U.S. President Donald) Trump is a reminder that we should develop comprehensively our economy. We also have a reminder to our negotiators, instead of offering a zero tariff the first priority should be the protection of our producers, of our local production base, local companies and businesses.”
10. Thousands of workers and activist marching while holding banner
11. Banner reading (Tagalog): “PBBM (President Bong-bong Marcos) Certify as urgent the 200 pesos (US$ 3.58) wage hike.”
12. Protesters marching
13. Protester holding placard “200 pesos across the board wage increase now! Climate change now!"
14. Protester holding banner reading (English): “Our Rights, Our fight, our victory!
15. Various of protesters marching
STORYLINE:
Activists and workers clashed briefly with police as they scrambled to remove barricades during a May Day rally in Manila on Thursday.
Hundreds of anti-riot police blocked protesters from getting close to the Presidential Palace.
Thousands of Filipino workers marched in the streets of the capital Manila to mark International Labor Day.
Protesters and union workers reiterated their calls to the government to increase the minimum wage and protect jobs in the country.
“Tariff wars and the policies of Trump is a reminder that we should develop our economy comprehensively. Said protest leader Mong Palatino.
“We also have a reminder to our negotiators, instead of offering a zero tariff the first priority should be the protection of our producers, of our local production base, local company and businesses.” Palatino added.
May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking Labor Day worldwide.
Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs, Secretary Frederick Go last month said that the Philippines will negotiate the 17 percent reciprocal tariff imposed by the United States on the country’s exported products even if it is expected to only have a minimal impact of around 0.1 percent on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the next two years.
The Philippines received the second-lowest tariff in the Asian region
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