PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assured Monday the military that the government would fasttrack the defense reform program, which includes buying more and transportation equipment to improve the capability and strengthen the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
The announcement was made at the heels of a reported plot against the administration and restlessness in the military, including [...]
MALACAÑANG on Sunday told former President Fidel Ramos that the declaration of a state of national emergency was not an overkill but “a needed move” to protect the 1987 Constitution and the Arroyo administration from those threatening it.
Ramos, in a press conference last Saturday, criticized President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for declaring a state of national emergency [...]
THE Arroyo administration and the opposition are headed for a collision in court over Proclamation 1017 issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo whereby she placed the entire country under a state of emergency following an aborted coup attempt last Friday.
This, as the proclamation earned more flak Saturday, most notably from former President Fidel Ramos, who is [...]
MANILA — Arrests of anti-Arroyo critics and raids on offices of a newspaper were made a day after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country under a state of emergency to quash a coup plot.
Arroyo’s declaration last Friday — made as Filipinos celebrated the return of democracy 20 years ago when dictator Ferdinand Marcos was ousted [...]
MANILA — The world learned the term “people power” in 1986, when Filipinos staged massive demonstrations that forced out dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
But the tumultuous politics of the Philippines, currently under a state of emergency, has spawned an entire vocabulary that deserves its own dictionary.
MANILA (Updated 3:15 p.m.) — The Arroyo administration launched Saturday a drive against the opposition by arresting two anti-government critics and raiding a pro-opposition newspaper.
The moves were in relation to Proclamation 1017, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued last Friday, placing the entire country under a state of emergency following an aborted coup.
Paul Alexander
Associated Press
MANILA — The plan to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had one major flaw: Everyone knew it was coming.
The presidential palace knew. The military knew. The media knew. Even an 11-year-old boy knew, right down to the date when it was to happen, hearing about it from classmates and sending his brother [...]
MANILA (Updated 3:20 p.m.) — Presidential Proclamation 1017 allows President Gloria Macagapal-Arroyo to command the Armed Forces to prevent or suppress all forms of lawless violence as well as any act of insurrection or rebellion.
Arroyo declared a state of national emergency shortly before lunch Friday, saying she had quashed a coup plot but that the [...]
(Full text of President Gloria Macagapag-Arroyo’s statement in declaring State of National Emergency.)
Mga kababayan, nagdeklara ako ng state of emergency dahil sa maliwanag at kasalukuyang banta sa Republika na ating napag-alaman at napigil.
May ilang sumubok lumihis sa Armed Forces chain of command, lumabag sa gobyernong sibil at magtatag ng rehimen sa labas ng saligang batas.
MANILA — Professor Randy David and two other companions were apprehended Friday while spearheading a march rally in Santolan, Quezon City.
David said he and his group were holding a rally peacefully and were supposed to go to the Edsa Shrine in Ortigas Center as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first [...]
