{"article":{"id":248938,"heading":" Philippines: Thousands Power Off","author":"Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)","created":"2011-10-21 07:01:09","modified":"2011-10-21 07:01:09","last_modified":"Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:01:09","article":"<p>Ricardo B. Reyes, FDC national president, said the protests Tuesday night can further snowball into larger waves of nationwide protests.  He urged President Benigno S. Aquino III to intervene in the country<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"MANILA, Philippines ? Tens of thousands of Filipino households in 22 cities and provinces in Metro Manila and parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao switched off lights and staged noise barrages to demand lower skyrocketing electricity rates, according to the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) which led the protest action.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-11-11-power-off-epira-philippine-protest.jpg","filesize":"23.6 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2011\/10\/248938.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-11-11-power-off-epira-philippine-protest.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-11-11-power-off-epira-philippine-protest.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-11-11-power-off-epira-philippine-protest.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":248939,"heading":"Philippines: Thousands Power Off","article":"","author":"Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)","parent_id":248938,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2011-10-21 07:47:22","modified":"2011-10-21 07:47:22","fileurl":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/10\/11-post-power-off-presscon-fdc.jpg","image":{"original":"http:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/\/uploads\/2011\/10\/11-post-power-off-presscon-fdc.jpg"}}],"comments":[]}