Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares a state of emergency during a television address
Twenty years ago tomorrow, Filipinos took to the streets and brought down a president. Could it happen again? Capping a week of tension and coup rumors, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proclaimed a state of national emergency late Friday morning, announcing on television that she had crushed a coup attempt by several prominent military officers. Arroyo appealed for calm, even as security was tightened further at the presidential palace and at military bases around Manila. Earlier in the day, the army detained three high-level officersBrigadier General Danilo Lim, the commander of the lite Scout Rangers, Marine brigade commander Ariel Querubin and...
