‘Kilos Bulacan’ rally calls for end to flooding, fight vs corruption

CITY OF MALOLOS – Hundreds of Bulacan residents representing 34 people’s organizations and movements gathered near the Bulacan Capitol grounds on Monday (August 31) to protest unresolved flooding and corruption.

By staging their “Kilos Bulacan” rally, the groups demanded an end to land reclamation projects, the imprisonment of national and Bulacan officials involved in the flood-control scandal, and the return of funds they allegedly obtained through corruption.

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“Kilos Bulacan” also urged the government to implement a comprehensive pro-environment and pro-people solution against flooding, indemnify the victims of flooding and address climate change concerns affecting the province.

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The Kilos Bulacan groups first converged at the Malolos City Hall Amphitheater and near Santos before proceeding near the Capitol in this capital city where they held a short program demanding action. 

Leonides Laderas, one of the protesters, said their Aug. 31 activism was the first of a series of street protests being planned. He is a resident of Hagonoy town which is inundated by floods all year due to the tidal behavior at Manila Bay. 

Farmers and fishermen, environmentalists, young activists, teachers, retired professionals, religious leaders like the Meycauayan Ecumenical Forum and the 

Diocese of Malolos, and the Dumagat Tribal Council participated in “Kilos Bulacan.”

On August 19, Bulacan was declared under a state of calamity. /jpv