Never mind if war didn’t break out in the streets,the fallout from the soldiers’ mutiny has begun: Makati siege a body blow to economy Economy set back 1 1/2 years Inquirer analyst Amando Doronilla says that the rebellion highlights the fragility of Gloria’s government. Philstar columnist and Aquino-administration Press Secretary Teodoro Benigno waxes maudlin, as [...]

Inq7 has a running account of the military situation. Looks like 60 of the soldiers have surrendered. Well, they don’t need to fight anymore. They picked Makati for a reason, as previously stated, and now mission accomplished: the damage has been done. Expect more surrenders, but that doesn’t change that they have effectively thrown the [...]

I’ve been up into the wee hours trying to come up with some kind of input on this situation in the Philippines. Other government officials have called the “grievances” of these soldiers “legitimate” — accusations of military corruption and government schemes to maintain power through Martial Law — but these simply do not strike me [...]

Looks like a military uprising in progress. A small group of mutineers from the Philippine military, calling themselves “Magdalo” (also the name of a group of Spanish-era revolutionaries) have been seen planting explosives in the area of Ayala Center and Hotel Intercontinental in Makati. Bombs and booby traps laid around a thriving commercial district populated [...]