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...three months Army Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan, 39, had profoundly unsettled the Philippines. As the leader of a military uprising that exploded in Manila on Aug. 28, he ignited the most violent fighting to rack the capital since 1945, and nearly toppled President Corazon Aquino. Then, as the Philippine army swung to Aquino's side, Honasan and a band of followers embarked on a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. From sanctuaries around the capital, the colonel issued tirades against the government, castigating it for ineffectiveness in fighting the insurgent, Communist-led New People's Army. The military's inability...
Honasan was driven directly to armed forces headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo. He calmly saluted as Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos, whose loyalty to Aquino proved decisive on Aug. 28, extended a hand toward him. "We shall guarantee Honasan honorable treatment under due process of law," said Ramos. The general reported that Honasan was willing to cooperate: "He has said he will do what he can to bring ((other rebels...
...capture also distracted the country from a dismaying event: the apparent suicide of Jaime Ongpin, Aquino's respected former Finance Secretary. Ongpin was the first prominent businessman to support Aquino's presidential candidacy. Dismissed in Cabinet jockeying that followed Honasan's uprising, the wealthy Ongpin had since been depressed, according to associates. He was discovered with a bullet in his head and a gun in his right hand -- though his intimates were quick to point out that he is left-handed...
...capture is a victory in President Corazon Aquino's drive against the Communist-led guerrillas. Rivera is one of the N.P.A.'s experts in political assassination and a veteran of its 19-year war. In another small success for Aquino, Lieut. Colonel Roberto Navida, 38, surrendered to the government. Navida had helped Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan mount the failed August coup against Aquino and then had gone into hiding with...
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