TONDO, MANILA: Senators Benigno S. Aquino III and Mar Roxas (inset), standard bearers of the Liberal Party, sign a covenant committing to pursue reforms to benefit the urban poor as Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim watches during a rally at the Del Pan Sports Complex in Manila Saturday afternoon. Aquino and Roxas told the estimated 10,000 Tondo residents they would ensure that stamping out corruption will be the priority in their agenda to cure widespread poverty not only in urban areas but especially in the provinces. "Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap," Aquino stressed.