MANILA, Sept. 22 -- Police in the Philippine capital arrested more than 200 people during clashes with masked protesters that erupted on a day of largely peaceful anti-corruption demonstrations, a spokesperson said today.

At least 88 minors were among the initial count of 216 taken into custody yesterday as police deployed water cannons and deafening sirens against crowds of mostly young, rock-throwing protesters.

Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno said a 12-year-old boy was the youngest detained.

Thousands of Filipinos rallied in Manila yesterday to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

The scandal has seen numerous lawmakers implicated and th...