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said they were tired of waiting for more than 12 hours for orders. Lim then launched an assault on rebel positions in the compound and on the adjacent
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The August coup was the sixth attempt by military dissidents to remove
President Aquino from office. Its surprise implementation also marked a break from previous plots that were discovered weeks in advance and even advertised in newspapers. Furthermore, the coup marked the first significant loss of
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was ordered to retake the ABS-CBN compound which housed both the station and PTV-4 and where loyalist holdouts were besieged by the rebels, as well as
Broadcast City, which housed both IBC and RPN. Arriving in the area around noon, Lim and his men encountered some of the first rebel surrenderees who
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ordered the officers to defend the four-story GHQ building despite being surrounded by the rebels. During the subsequent fighting, the right wing of the building caught fire after the rebels entered the premises and poured gasoline, forcing the trapped officers to "crawl towards the left side of the
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Several politicians voiced sympathy for the rebel soldiers' grievances, even while deploring their methods. Aquino's Vice
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Philippine president ever to appear in court to challenge the media. Despite Beltran's defense that he had only used the phrase as a figure of speech and Soliven being away at the time of the article's publication, both men were
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mounted a silent demonstration of support for the coup before donning combat gear and reiterating their support over the radio. After a briefing by two senior RAM members, the group set out at midnight on August 29 to launch a takeover of the city, only to abort the plan after being informed by
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Realizing that his assault had failed, Honasan ordered his men to regroup at Camp
Aguinaldo. Near Nagtahan Bridge, they were met by unarmed civilians supporting the president who jeered at them. The rebels opened fire on the crowd with automatic weapons, killing eleven people, ten of whom were
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on August 30, President Aquino mocked Honasan for calling his followers as āidealist young officers fighting for justice, equality and freedomā, saying that their actions conveyed their "hatred of democracy" and that "one cannot be idealistic and a liar.ā Some 1,500 civilian supporters of the
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but were initially held off by a squad led by Colonel Emiliano Templo and backed by armored vehicles. They were later able to gain entry and were followed by Honasan and his forces from MalacaƱang. Honasan himself led his men in seizing parts of the camp, including the headquarters of the
504:(PC), received an intelligence report that a coup would be launched by soldiers from Fort Magsaysay. He immediately relayed the information to General Ramos, now the AFP Chief of Staff, who quickly planned a pre-emptive counteraction. Ramos alerted the Philippine Army's
652:, was woken up at 1:30 am by the gunfire and was asked by one of her daughters what was happening. After her duty officer went out to inspect the situation, she made futile calls to Ramos, who was on this way to Camp Aguinaldo at that time, and her Executive Secretary,
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RAM marked their arrival in Manila by firing their guns into the air, waking up many residents of the capital and alerting government forces to their whereabouts. Honasan led one column on a night attack on MalacaƱang while leaving two deputies to lead attacks on
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said the revolt was inevitable, given the continuing strains in the military that were never clearly resolved. Both Mercado and Ramos compared the coup to lancing a boil, saying that it was important that such tensions were finally "excised" and "drained".
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as he was returning to the palace, wounding him and killing three of his companions. He sustained injuries from five bullets, one of which remained lodged in his neck for the rest of his life. Two palace sentries were also reported to have been shot.
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In 1993, Honasan, who remained in hiding, and other RAM members availed of an amnesty offered by Ramos, by then Aquino's successor as president, to participants in the coup attempts of the 1980s, which enabled him to run and win a seat in the
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1081:. It was also believed that Fidel Ramos, who remained loyal to Aquino, emerged as the second most powerful person in government following his successful quelling of the coup. Across-the-board wage increases for soldiers were also granted.
636:, only to be repulsed by loyalist soldiers. He was followed by the 14th IB under Lieutenant Colonel Melchor Acosta Jr., who retreated after another round of government fire. At this time, the rebels ambushed a car carrying Aquino's son
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with her daughter. At 4:45 a.m. she went on the air to announce that the attack on MalacaƱang had been repulsed and that she was safe and well. She urged people to stay indoors until the rebellion was quelled and suspended classes in
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after Beltran wrote that she hid under her bed during the attack on MalacaƱang. She then took television reporters on a tour of her bedroom, showing them that there was no space for her to hide under because it sat on a platform.
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Around noon, Ramos ordered Marine reinforcements to open fire at rebel positions with artillery and assault the camp, leading to heavy fighting within and around the camp that lasted until 4 pm. They were later joined by vintage
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convicted days before Aquino left office in 1992 by Judge Ramon Makasiar, who ordered them to be imprisoned for up to two years and to jointly pay $ 76,000 in damages to Aquino. The ruling was reversed by the
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along with Sotelo, who escaped through a fire exit and stumbled upon a heavily armed Pasion, whom he managed to disarm. In the late afternoon, the rebels withdrew from the base while rebel reinforcements from
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and other government officials to launch a dialogue with them, while the academy administration suspended classes for two days and confined the entire student body inside the campus for 90 days.
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symbolizing war. General Ramos subsequently said that the rebels to aimed "to kill the President and her family," which was further highlighted by an intercepted radio message discovered by the
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Despite the rebel presence just 100 meters away, the building housing the AFP General Headquarters was still held by loyal soldiers led by MontaƱo, AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lieutenant General
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on the military as their reasons for launching the coup. Moreover, the situation coincided with rising discontent within the overall ranks of the AFP for the
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that brought Aquino to power in 1986. The coup was repelled by military forces loyal to Aquino within the day, although Honasan managed to escape.
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under effective house arrest and ordered radio stations off the air. Dissident units also sprung up in several towns across Cebu, as well as in
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as well as her scheduled trip to Central Luzon that day. Listeners recalled her voice being reassuring, unhurried and unemotional.
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who strafed rebel positions in the camp and bombed the west wing of the GHQ building, further contributing to the existing fire.
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marked as targets. By midnight, they were joined by troops from other nearby military camps near the Santa Rita tollgate in
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towards Manila. Their classroom blackboards were later found to have contained maps with the presidential offices at
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787:Alfredo Lim
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430:launched a
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253:Alfredo Lim
178:Fidel Ramos
122:Philippines
62:Quezon City
2324:Categories
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1152:References
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1094:Joey Lina
1023:rebellion
986:Aftermath
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798:Provinces
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1750:(Link 2)
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66:Pampanga
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