Manila Peninsula siege

Manila Peninsula siege

The Peninsula Manila as seen from Ayala cor. Makati Avenue, where the rebellion took place.
DateNovember 29, 2007
Location
Result

Philippine government victory

Government-Insurgents   
Philippines Government of the Philippines Bagong Katipuneros (Magdalo Group)
Commanders and leaders
Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Philippines Gen. Hermogenes Esperon
Philippines Gen. Avelino Razon
Philippines Gen. Geary Barias
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
Danilo Lim
Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
Nicanor Faeldon
Military support

Armed Forces of the Philippines


Philippine National Police

Defectors from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police
Civilian volunteers

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 mutineers called for the ousting of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and seized the Rizal function room on the second floor of the Manila Peninsula Hotel along Ayala Avenue. Former Vice-president Teofisto Guingona, Jr. as well as some of the soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines joined the march to the hotel.

After several hours, Trillanes and Lim surrendered to government forces after a military armored personnel carrier barged into the glass door of the hotel lobby and the hotel walls and windows sustained weapons damage. Trillanes and the mutineers were arrested while several journalists covering the event were detained. The journalists were subsequently released.