Catholics protest

MANILA: About 1000 Catholics in the Philippines marched in Manila yesterday to protest against President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs and efforts to reinstate the death penalty.

The protests come a day after students and provincial universities held demonstrations against Duterte, and a day before the 32nd anniversary of the “People Power” revolution that drove Ferdinand Marcos into exile.

Catholic devotees prayed and sang hymns as the Philippines’ cardinal read sermons against what they said were not “pro-life” policies.