A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

See the Oakwood siege through Jerry Tieng's lenses. Nice pictures there.

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"The crisis in Makati is over. 296 soldiers including 70 officers are standing down and are returning to their barracks." That according to President GMA. The rebels didn't have demands but issues which the government promises to address. For their part, the five officers will be facing a court-martial and a formal investigation will be conducted according to the article s of war over the matter. I'm just thankful it's ...

...didn't happen. The 5pm deadline set by President GMA has come and gone. The President extended it to two hours (7 pm). The rebels held a press conference at an hour before the original deadline while still holed up at Oakwood. They just aired their grievances again in front of the press. They're still claiming that they are doing this out of their own volition and they have ...

Some updates on the situation from the TV (the news sites seem to be experiencing heavy traffic so I can't link): 1) President GMA went on national television and gave the mutineers holed up in Oakwood in Makati until 5 pm to give up or else. 2) Former President Joseph Estrada was moved from his room in Veteran's Memorial Medical Center to Camp Aguinaldo in a convoy involving armored ...

03:28AM: Soldiers installing bombs in Makati shopping area: report 03:50AM: APCs and blocking force move into EDSA Earlier tonight, we heard that 10 junior officers abandoned their posts in protest over the shabby treatment they are receiving from government. These people are getting tiresome. If you have a problem with the government, GET IN LINE. Rigging up explosives in a shopping mall and endangering civilians doesn't a protest make. ...