POLICEMEN arrested protesters on Saturday for disrupting the joint session of Congress deliberating on the extension of martial law in Mindanao at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.

Seven youth leaders and volunteer teachers from the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (Alcadev) were escorted out of the plenary hall as they began shouting at legislators during the session.

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