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...cannot stand idly by while the rule of law, the moral order and the integrity of our institutions ... are destroyed by this bogus President." DANILO LIM, Philippine Brigadier-General, in a Feb. 24 videotaped address in which he withdrew his support for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Lim and several others may face court-martial after the tape implicated them in an alleged plot against the President...
...They’re offering five works in one of performance art’s most traditional media: opera. On Saturday, April 22 at 2:00 p.m., Leverett Old Library will serve as the venue for five operas written by Peter L. McMurray ’05, Elizabeth C. Lim ’08, Matthew L. Mendez ’09, Emily C. Richmond ’06, and Derrick L. Wang ’06. Although many of the performers and contributors hail from the same community of music concentrators, performers, and music-lovers that is responsible for many...
...crushed an attempt by prominent military officers to overthrow her government. Arroyo appealed for calm, even as security forces were put on "double red alert" at the presidential palace, at army bases and on the streets of Manila. Earlier that morning, the army had detained Brigadier-General Danilo Lim, commander of the military's ?lite Scout Rangers, for allegedly planning to lead soldiers in a military-civilian coup against the government. Presidential Chief of Staff Michael Defensor told reporters that up to 10 military and civilian figures were being sought in connection with the plot, while administration sources...
...person he identified as an American official in Washington, assuring him that the post-coup regime would remain on good terms with the U.S. "You will still be our friend," he said. Then, around 9 p.m., Saycon phoned a man whom he addressed as "Delta" and identified as General Lim. On speakerphone, Lim confirmed that he was set for the planned movement against Arroyo. According to Saycon, a military contingent was to march on Friday morning to Manila's EDSA Shrine commemorating the first People Power revolution, where the 20th anniversary celebrations were to take place. At the shrine they...
...General Lim, however, was detained by the army early on Friday morning, and the plan appears to have been aborted for the moment. (Several papers reported on Saturday that Lim had contacted armed-forces Chief of Staff General Generoso Senga on Thursday night to ask that he withdraw support from Arroyo. Senga refused, and took Lim into custody.) Cojuangco spoke to TIME on Saturday and characterized the meeting at his home as a "briefing on the current crisis," rather than an active plot against the government. As of Sunday morning, none of those present at the meeting had been detained...