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David Ogden · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2026 3:00 am Post subject: Clash mars Quezon City demolition

MANILA -- Violence broke out after a team arrived for the implementation of a demolition order in a residential area in Quezon City Wednesday.

Residents in Old Balara, Commonwealth, staged rally against the demolition and set up barricades near their houses.

The tension started past 8 a.m. with the affected residents throwing rocks and hard objects at the anti-riot police escorting the demolition team.

Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista in a television interview said, "The City Government will, like in other similar instances, be as diplomatic as possible."