From: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: eskrima-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V8 #209 Reply-To: eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: eskrima-digest-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest Tues, 1 May 2001 Vol 08 : Num 209 In this issue: eskrima: Rebellion eskrima: Cacoy eskrima: . ========================================================================== Eskrima-Digest, serving the Internet since June 1994. 1300 members strong! Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The premier internet discussion forum devoted to Filipino Martial Arts. Provided in memory of Mangisursuro Mike Inay (1944-2000), Founder of the Inayan System of Eskrima. Replying to this message will NOT unsubscribe you. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe eskrima-digest" (no quotes) in the body (top line, left justified) of a "plain text" e-mail addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. To send e-mail to this list use eskrima@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com See the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of the Eskrima-Digest at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Mabuhay ang eskrima! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ray Terry Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:34:18 PDT Subject: eskrima: Rebellion REBELLION AP WITH Inquirer News May 2, 2001 MANILA - Police began arresting opposition leaders and the government declared a state of rebellion yesterday after clashes between police and backers of jailed former president Joseph Estrada killed at least four people and injured more than 100. This is not just a demonstration. This is a rebellion,government spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao said. He said the declaration by President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo, restricted to Manila, allows her to use the military to fight the protests and make three-day arrests without warrants. Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Edilberto Adan said security forces broke the back of the pro-Estrada protests when they dispersed the lingering rallies Tuesday afternoon. But he said the military may set up checkpoints and was discussing a curfew. I can say to all of you that your government is control, Arroyo said as she made several TV appearances aimed at easing public concerns. The enemies are on the run. The police and the military are united behind the government and I thank them for their heroic deeds today. We don't have to panic, but we should also not be overconfident, she said. SKIRMISHED Thousands of Estrada supporters, armed with rocks and clubs, skirmished with police around the presidential palace. Fighting subsided yesterday afternoon after many protesters backed off, setting fire to a backhoe, four vans including media vans, a police car and a fire truck. At least 12 policemen, were injured, police said. Red Cross officials said they treated 115 injured civilians on the scene but many more were treated by government health officials and other aid agencies. Justice Secretary Hernando Perez ordered the arrest of at least 11 key opposition figures Tuesday, including senators Gringo Honasan and Juan Ponce Enrile, former Estrada spokesman Ernesto Maceda and former national police chief Panfilo Lacson. Enrile, one of Estrada's most prominent allies, turned himself in, as did Police Director Victor Batac and Army Brig. Gen. Marcelino. Maceda told ABS-CBN television he would turn himself in whenever police want. But Lacson, who is running in May 14 Senate elections, said he told his lawyers to question the arrest order. Col. Reynaldo Berroya, the police intelligence chief, said the arrests were ordered in connection with the protests but did not outline the accusations. STATE WITNESS Malacanang is considering asking Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago to turn state witness and reveal the people that are behind the failed powergrab, according to Justice Secretary Perez. Earlier reports said Santiago was on the list of those who will be arrested for instigating an attack on Malacanang. But a separate radio report said the government later decided not to include the senator in order to pave the way for her entry as a state witness. Most of those on the wanted list have large followings among the pro-Estrada protesters. Tuesday marked was the second time in as many days that Arroyo survived an attempt to force her from office and reinstall Estrada. She claimed he and his allies incensed supporters in an effort to seize power for their own benefit. Arroyo earlier accused key opposition figures of plotting to overthrow her and establish a junta. The vandalism, robbery and injury and deaths are the work of these politicians, Arroyo, looking exhausted after a second consecutive sleepless night, said in a brief nationally televised statement. They should be blamed. It is clear that their theme is to bring down the legitimate government so ... they would establish their own junta. PRE-DAWN CLASHES Pre-dawn clashes accompanied the 15-kilometer march to the presidential palace from a shrine to the 1986 People Power revolt that toppled late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. At least two policemen were killed and scores injured as the crowd, which had been rallying for Estrada's release from custody on corruption charges, forced its way through several police lines and stoned a policeman who already was laying injured and bloody. One protester was fatally shot in the face; no details were available on the fourth reported death. The reports were carried by radio and TV networks. Marchers drove a dump truck through an initial line of riot police who dropped their plastic shields and scattered. Some of the estimated 20,000 marchers picked up the shields and raided a construction site for scrap wood for clubs. PALACE GATES They managed to get to the palace gates and started throwing stones, only to get pushed back, first by warning shots, then by tear gas and water cannons. Two helicopter gunships hovered overhead. Estrada was arrested last Wednesday on the capital offense of plunder for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in 31 months in office. After spending time in a cell, he has been undergoing medical tests at a hospital. He was airlifted out Tuesday morning to a special detention center 60 kilometers south of Manila. In a statement from jail, Estrada blamed the government for the violence and called for calm and sobriety from his supporters. "The blood of these victims is now on the hands of those in power," he said. They shall be accountable to our people and to the coming generations of Filipinos for this shameful and irresponsible act. Political and religious groups that converged on the presidential palace to oust Estrada on Jan. 20 also gathered at a key Manila intersection Tuesday to reiterate their opposition to the former leader. Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin, addressing the thousands rallying in support of the government, accused pro-Estrada politicians of manipulating the poor for political gain. "Those who capitalize on people's weaknesses are accountable to God and will face the wrath of God", he said. ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:36:10 PDT Subject: eskrima: Cacoy > I'll be seeing GM Cacoy this coming weekend (May 5) in Dayton, Ohio. If > anyone is going to be near Dayton that weekend, check out the "Events" > section of our school's website, http://www.asianfightingarts.com/ and I > hope to see some of you there. Folks, if you're in the Oh-Ky-In tri-state area, check this out. You do NOT want to miss a chance to work with Manong Cacoy. Ray Terry raymail@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 12:17:58 PDT Subject: eskrima: . ------------------------------ End of Inayan_Eskrima/FMA-Digest V8 #209 **************************************** To unsubscribe from the eskrima-digest send the command: unsubscribe eskrima-digest -or- unsubscribe eskrima-digest your.old@address in the BODY (top line, left justified) of a "plain text" e-mail addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. Old digest issues are available via ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com. Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and the Martial Arts Resource Standard disclaimers apply.