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The Manila Peninsula siege occurred on November 29, 2007, at The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati, Philippines. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV , Brigadier General Danilo Lim , and 25 other Magdalo Group officers walked out of their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny coup attempt and marched through the streets of Makati .
The Peninsula Manila (colloquially Manila Pen or simply Manila Peninsula), is a 5-star luxury hotel in the Philippines. It is located on the corner of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue in the Makati Central Business District , falling under the jurisdiction of Barangay Urdaneta.
The Manila Peninsula rebellion occurred in the Philippines on November 29, 2007. Detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV , General Lim and other Magdalo (mutineers) officials walked out of their trial and marched through the streets of Makati , calling for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and seizing the second floor of The ...
Firing stopped at 4:30 p.m. [11] [12] Tear gas was fired into the hotel lobby as government troops advanced. Soldiers surrounded the hotel at 5 p.m. [13] A V150 armored car then destroyed the main facade of the Manila Peninsula Hotel to allow the troops to enter, whereupon Trillanes, Lim and most other officers surrendered.
Trillanes and Lim surrendered to authorities after an armored personnel carrier rammed into the lobby of the hotel. [19] Director Geary Barias declared that the standoff at the Manila Peninsula Hotel was over as Trillanes, Lim, and other junior officers agreed to leave the hotel and surrender to Barias after the 6 hour siege. [20]
The siege of the Manila Hotel (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Manila Hotel) was an occupation of the Manila Hotel, a luxury hotel in the Philippine capital Manila, led by former vice-presidential candidate Arturo Tolentino and other military and civilian supporters of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos as part of a coup attempt to overthrow his successor, Corazon Aquino and restore him to power, on 6 ...