Protesters gather in the center of Makati City, Metro Manila, February 15, 2008. Thousands of people rallied in Manila on Friday calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as yet another corruption scandal heated up.
Anti-Arroyo protest leader Lana Linaban (L) and Juris Soliman, (R) staff of Jose Miguel Arroyo the husband of President Gloria Arroyo exchange words during a rally outside the office of Arroyo in Manila, 15 February 2008. Huge protest had been called to demand Philippine leader's ouster over fresh claims that her husband and a political ally tried to gain millions of dollars in kickbacks from a telecoms deal with Chinese firm ZTE.
Protesters pelt with tomatoes a portrait of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her husband Juan Miguel Arroyo during a rally outside the office of the First Gentleman Friday Feb. 15, 2008 at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. Protests are mounting urging Arroyo to resign following the latest testimony of witness Rodolfo Lozada Jr. linking Arroyo's husband and an ex-elections chief to an allegedly overpriced US$330-million government broadband contract that was subsequently canceled.
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