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During a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang, Remulla said authorities are now developing cases against the arrested protesters and investigating their instigators.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe will label them as terrorists. And as far as sedition pwede namin i-charge sa kanila. We\u2019ve proven it already,\u201d Remulla said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The DILG chief reported that 216 individuals, including 89 minors, were arrested by the police during the clashes around Mendiola last Sunday. The rest of the nationwide anti-corruption protest actions that day were conducted peacefully.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Among the arrested minors, 65 were aged 15 to 17 years old while 24 were 14 years old and below.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remulla said that during initial questioning, the arrested minors admitted they had intended to \u201cburn\u201d Malaca\u00f1an Palace.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cNandiyan iyong arson, nandiyan iyong grave physical injuries and we can go as far as sedition. Iyong statement lang nila na, \u2018Gusto namin sunugin iyong Palasyo\u2019 is a seditious act in itself,\u201d said Remulla.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remulla also reported that one of the program speakers at the rally in Liwasang Bonifacio urged those gathered to march to Mendiola and bring their lighters, apparently intended for lighting molotov homemade explosives.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo that was a confirmation na they had intended to burn the Palace,\u201d said Remulla.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remulla confirmed that there was a prior intelligence report that protesters would try to attack the Palace, but President Marcos still ordered a maximum tolerance policy among the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A total of 95 policemen were injured in the Mendiola clashes, some requiring medical treatment for serious injuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe knew that they would try, they would attempt. We had a suspicion that they would use violence. Pero ang directive talaga ng ating Pangulo is to use maximum tolerance,\u201d the DILG chief said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla on Monday said that the violent protesters last Sunday, whom he called<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16569,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565\/revisions\/16569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sjcbqwrs-1024x578.png\")
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