Lawyers of soldiers detained for alleged involvement in plots to overthrow the Arroyo administration in 2006 blocked former Armed Forces chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s testimony on a purported document identifying possible members of the new government.
Read Full StoryJournalists who police rounded up after quelling an attempted military uprising at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in November 2007 have asked the Court of Appeals to reverse a trial court’s dismissal of the case they filed against security and government officials for violating their rights.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- Due to "prior commitments," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Press Secretary Jesus Dureza failed to appear in the coup d'etat hearing of rebel soldiers charged with mutiny Thursday.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- Around 100 militants commemorating the Manila Peninsula siege were prevented from marching to Camp Crame in Quezon City when police blocked their path on Edsa, claiming that the militants were holding an illegal assembly.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- About a year ago, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, along with rebel soldiers and a group of civilian sympathizers, took over the posh Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City after walking out of a court hearing to demand President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down.
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