For the militants in Davao City, if there is one thing to learn from the botched coup at the Manila Peninsula Hotel led by Lt. Senior grade Antonio Trillanes IV and Brigadier General Danilo Lim, it should be this: “Banking on spontaneity is not enough.”
A protester pelting an image of President Arroyo with rotten tomatoes during the Bonifacio Day rally in Davao City. More photos of the rally here.(davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) urges the Philippine National Police (PNP) to stop treating journalists who covered the failed Magdalo uprising as enemies of the state.
At the height of the stand-off at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said President Arroyo called him. “She asked me how we are doing here and if she still has my support, Duterte saida. I said, Yes, ma’am.”
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