PBBM orders maximum tolerance during Pax Silica protests

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MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the police to exercise maximum tolerance in handling protesters opposing the proposed Pax Silica initi...

MAXIMUM TOLERANCE. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro holds a press briefing at the International Media Center inside the World Trade Center Metro Manila in Pasay City on Saturday (Nov. 14, 2026). She said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered police to exercise maximum tolerance in handling protesters opposing the proposed Pax Silica initiative. (PNA photo by Darryl Esguerra)

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the police to exercise maximum tolerance in handling protesters opposing the proposed Pax Silica initiative, Malacañang said Saturday, amid reports of alleged harassment and excessive force against student demonstrators.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the President’s directive has been in place from the beginning, even as authorities dealt with incidents during demonstrations on the sidelines of the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Meetings.

Three University of Makati students were reportedly arrested during a protest in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, with reports alleging that police officers punched a student and placed another demonstrator in a headlock.

“Simula’t mula pa lang, alam na natin kung paano dapat itrato ang mga nagpuprotesta, iyan ay sa utos ng Pangulo — (From the very beginning, we have known how protesters should be treated, and that is under the President’s order) maximum tolerance,” Castro said during a press briefing.

She urged the public and the media to establish the circumstances surrounding reported incidents before concluding that police had committed harassment or abuse of authority.

“Ang hindi kasi mato-tolerate ng ating pamahalaan ay pinagbibigyan ang bawat mga kababayan natin ng kanilang karapatan — gamitin nila ang karapatan sa tama, pero kung ito naman ay sosobra at lalabag sa batas hindi naman puwedeng magtulug-tulugan ang ating mga kapulisan (Our government recognizes everyone's right to exercise their rights properly, but if they go beyond that and violate the…

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