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Thousands in Philippines protest corruption and demand return of stolen funds from flood projects

Left-wing groups led a separate protest in Manilas main park with a blunt demand for all implicated government officials to immediately resign and face prosecution. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard, defective or non-existent flood control projects across an archipelago long prone to deadly flooding and extreme weather in tropical Asia.