Word: notting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Suddenly, Manila seemed to be besieging itself as rebel troops and government soldiers staked out territory in the city and launched attacks on each other. Not since World War II had so much firepower been seen and used in the capital region. More than ever before, the Aquino regime tottered...
Even as she declared the situation under control, Aquino made a humiliating admission of weakness: she requested and was granted U.S. military assistance. The rapid deployment of several U.S. F-4 Phantoms from Clark Air Base, the American air base north of Manila, retook the skies for Aquino. The unusually...
The mutineers' disinformation kept the government off balance. Reports trickled in that large areas of Luzon and Mindanao as well as the bustling commercial city of Cebu in the central Philippines had capitulated to the rebels. Rumors flew that Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos and armed forces Chief of Staff Renato...
Not until three hours after the fall of Villamor did Aquino go on the air to address her people. Speaking on Channel 9, a privately owned network, the President said, "We shall smash this shameless and naked attempt once more. This nation must never again be allowed to fall into...
What brought on the rebellion? Aquino may have restored the country's democratic institutions, but she has allowed the 147,500-man-strong military to continue along the dangerous course it took during the latter years of the Marcos regime. As young colonels, radical rightists and Marcos loyalists intermittently mounted...