NEWS
September 22, 1997 | From Reuters
Half a million people opposed to a second term for President Fidel V. Ramos marched in Manila on Sunday, warning that they will never allow a return of dictatorship in the Philippines. The rally, the largest in the nation in more than a decade and a source of tension between church and state, took a conciliatory turn when Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin welcomed Ramos' pledge Saturday to step down when his term ends in June.