After the Trillanes standoff
Sonus refers everyone to pictures from SunnySideUp! A website supportive of the coup attempt is online while Stuart-Santiago, Uniffors, and the Philippine Experience liveblogged the military adventure.
Gibbs Cadiz gives an account of his close brush to having lunch with the Magdalo rebels while Philippines Without Borders finds humor Trillanes and co’s stunt:
It was so stupid of them to initiate a “coup†in the first place. You want a coup and you launch in a hotel?! My goodness! Such incompetent fools!
…You want a real revolution? Learn from the lessons of Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Joseph Broz Tito, Garibaldi, and Michael Collins. These guys launched it in the real battlefield; not in five star hotels. Mao said a revolution is no picnic and he succeeded.
But Trillanes and Lim would rather have their revolution in the comfort of a hotel. And when they started to feel the discomfort of a tear gas, they chickened out. Funny guys!
Introducing my other half
I grabbed this tag from Andrea.
His Name. Christopher. So plain. So common I know. In fact, about millions of other men in this country alone bear the same name. Needless to say, although the name is ordinary, the man that carries it isn’t.
Cry, my Beloved Country
In the last 24 hours, the 2nd most e-mailed article at the International Herald Tribune’s website is the news about yesterday’s incident, Philippine police quell mutiny at a luxury hotel. Carlos H. Conde’s article ends with this line:
Coup attempts and mutinies are not unusual in the Philippines, which has seen more than a dozen since the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
Bad, bad, bad publicity for our country. Although I grew up witnessing local coup attempts and mutinies in the news, I don’t think they’re usual (“not unusual”).
Manila Peninsula Hotel Pictures
Some pictures taken shortly after Senator Antonio Trillanes and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim marched to the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City after storming out of the Makati City Regional Trial Court . Click here.
Religion and politics
How do we explain the people’s fanatical participation in new religious formations? Why are evangelical leaders enjoying high popularity these days? It’s not enough to describe the religious nature of Filipinos. The revival of interest in religion has something to do with the dislocations of the Philippine economy in the past decades.
Read more at Mongster’s Nest
Curfew Update
UPDATE (11/30/2007 12:21am)
During the Curfew Hours:
- No weapons allowed – licensed or unlicensed
- No PUVs will be allowed to travel
- Bring legal IDs
- Bring Company IDs for those going to work or going home
- Only Valid Reasons will be honoured (Emergency and Work for example)
Exempted from the curfew:
- Deliveries of products and services
- Passengers of airlines with an early-morning or late-night flight
- Emergency cases
- Doctors and Hearlth care practitioners on duty
- Police and military personnel on duty
- Emergency response persons such as firemen and paramedics
- Night-shift workers such as call center agents
- Media crews on duty
- diplomatic corps
Violators will be brought to the nearest police station for an interview and will be released only after the curfew (5:00am / 0500H), unless if the person will undergo more investigations. Violators will also undergo medical examination.
Checkpoint personnel must respect and conduct proper searches, arrests, and treatment to all. They must also be in uniform and with proper IDs and nameplates.
Checkpoints in all entry and exit points of every town and cities in Region III, National Capital Region, and Region IV-A (CALABARZON).
Reason: Post Operations procedures / Follow-Up Operations.
* If the operations/procedures are complete, the curfew will be over, otherwise the PNP may extend the curfew for another day.
Source: Malacanang Press Conference via NBN 4.
