Public services were practically paralyzed for 24 hours after thousands of teachers and students; doctors, nurses and even patients; policemen, lawyers, drivers; airport, immigration and customs workers and officials; library, museum and art gallery employees; and even garbage collectors, cooks and others walked out.
Halos paralisado nang 24 oras ang pampublikong serbisyo ng bansa nang magsilabasan sa kanilang trabaho ang libu-libong guro at estudyante, mga doktor at nars, pati pasyente, mga pulis, abugado, drayber, manggagawa at upisyal sa mga paliparan, imigrasyon at customs, mga empleyado sa silid-aklatan, museo at art gallery, at pati mga basurero, kusinero at iba pa.