Youth activists storm US embassy anew to protest Tubbataha incident

From InterAksyon (Jan 28): Youth activists storm US embassy anew to protest Tubbataha incident

Youth activists stormed anew the United States embassy on Roxas Boulevardhere, disrupting traffic in the area. For the second time in less than a week, the militants took to the streets to protest the intrusion and subsequent grounding of the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian in the protected Tubbataha Reef.

But members of the Manila Police District’s civil disturbance unit was prepared this time, not letting the protesters get near the gates of the US embassy.

Frustrated demonstrators instead hurled paintballs stuffed in eggshells at the signage of the USembassy. The student activists tried to pull one over MPD, converging far from the embassy on Padre Faura Street and then at Plaza Ferguson. However, MPD cops seemed to have anticipated this move and kept their position near embassy.

Traffic stalled

Motorists were stalled for the duration that the cops and the activists were pushing against each other that nearly resulted in a clash. Traffic flow was momentarily stalled at this part of Roxas Boulevard.

During the rally, the militants reiterated their call for the scrapping of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement. They also demanded that the US be held accountable for the incident in Tubbataha Reef last Jan. 17.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/53731/youth-activists-storm-us-embassy-anew-to-protest-tubbataha-incident