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A crowd of over 600,000 attend the "Rally for Transparency and A Better Democracy," organized by the Iglesia Ni Cristo, on November 16, 2025 at the Quirino Grandstand. Ryan Evangelista, ABS-CBN News

A crowd of over 600,000 attend the "Rally for Transparency and A Better Democracy," organized by the Iglesia Ni Cristo, on November 16, 2025 at the Quirino Grandstand.

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MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The number of people gathered at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the three-day &quot;Rally for Transparency and A Better Democracy&quot; by religious group Iglesia ni Cristo was estimated at 630,00 as of 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16.This is down from an estimate of 650,000 at around 6:00 p.m., according to the Manila Police District.INC is holding a <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/14/inc-welcomes-public-to-3-day-rally-for-transparency-1657">three-day protest</a> from November 16 to 18 at Quirino Grandstand. They said the gathering will also be open non-members who advocat government accountability.<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/16/iglesia-ni-cristo-members-to-call-for-gov-t-transparency-at-3-day-manila-rally-0839">Iglesia ni Cristo members to call for gov&#x27;t transparency at 3-day Manila rally</a></div>Thousands more are expected in simultaneous activities across Metro Manila.Wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan &quot;Transparency for a Better Democracy&quot;, INC members flocked to Manila&#x27;s Rizal Park to demand &quot;truth and accountability&quot;, said spokesman Edwil Zabala.He told attendees that &quot;we are not fighting the government. It is not our aim to bring down the government as an institution,&quot; slamming what he said were attempts to portray the rally as an attempt to destabilise the administration.Zabala cited the need to investigate &quot;emerging evidence&quot; in the multipronged probe.Last week, former congressman Zaldy Co -- who fled the country after being implicated over millions of dollars in missing infrastructure funds -- released a video claiming President Marcos himself was involved, something the administration has derided as &quot;wild speculation&quot;.&quot;What&#x27;s saddening about this is our leaders were involved... We want change,&quot; said Rake Tribiana, 32, a real estate broker and INC member at the rally.&quot;We are here not only because our church calls for this. This is the call of most of the Filipino people.&quot;Rage over so-called ghost infrastructure projects has been mounting in the Southeast Asian country since Marcos put them center stage in a July state of the nation address that followed weeks of deadly flooding.Sunday&#x27;s protests come on the heels of two powerful typhoons that left more than 250 people dead, many due to flooding, and just days after Marcos promised arrests in the corruption case before Christmas.<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script>The United People&#x27;s Initiative, a group led by former military officers, is holding a parallel protest at the People Power Monument in Quezon City. Organizer said they expect a crowd of 300,000 to attend.More than 16,000 police personnel will be deployed to secure the demonstrations. -- with Agence France-Presse<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/16/pnp-monitoring-false-claims-on-social-media-ahead-of-inc-mass-action-1301">PNP monitoring false claims on social media ahead of INC mass action</a></div>

The number of people gathered at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the three-day "Rally for Transparency and A Better Democracy" by a religious group is estimated at 45,000 as of 1 p.m. Sunday, according to the Manila Police District.

The number of people gathered at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the three-day "Rally for Transparency and A Better Democracy" by a religious group is estimated at 45,000 as of 1 p.m. Sunday, according to the Manila Police District.

Crowd at INC Quirino Grandstand rally swells to over 600,000

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Crowd at INC Quirino Grandstand rally swells to over 600,000

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Published November 16, 2025 02:45 PM PHT

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Updated November 16, 2025 09:03 PM PHT

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