Around 5,500 students from Benguet State University, Saint Louis University–Maryheights Campus and Main Campus, University of the Philippines–Baguio, University of the Cordilleras, and University of Baguio walked out simultaneously on November 18. The walkout is linked with marking the International Students’ Day on November 17.

Youth and student organizations held programs at their respective universities before marching toward Malcolm Square for a centralized program. The youth denounced rampant corruption in the government and the continuing lack of accountability and justice. They also called for an increase in the education budget and condemned the “mallification” or privatization of Baguio’s public market as well as the mining of Mankayan mountains by foreign companies.

Aside from the walkout in Baguio City, also considered historic was the walkout of 400 students from the University of Eastern Philippines in Northern Samar on November 17.

In Manila, hundreds of youth led by Youth Rage Against Corruption (YRAC) marched to Mendiola. Students and youth also mounted activities and protests in Tarlac, Pampanga, Laguna, and Quezon, as well as in the cities of Cebu, Iloilo, Tacloban, and Davao.

Youth and student groups are set to launch a nationwide day of walkouts and actions on November 21.

The students declared that they would continue to act until Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte are held accountable and removed from office. They will take part in the Baha sa Luneta 2.0 on November 30.