| The Peninsula Manila posted messages on its official website
at the height of its takeover by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen.
Danilo Lim on Thursday.
Official Statement on The Peninsula Manila
| November 29, 2007, 3:15 pm, Hong Kong Time
The Peninsula Manila has been occupied by a group of gunmen. There are
no reports of any injuries to hotel guests, patrons or staff, and the matter
is being dealt with by the relevant Philippine authorities.
The Peninsula Manila takes the safety of its guests, patrons and staff
extremely seriously, considering it to be of paramount importance. As such,
The Peninsula Manila is currently being evacuated and hotel guests are
being transferred to neighbouring hotels. The Hotel will continue to liaise
and work closely with the Philippine authorities.
The Peninsula Manila is now closed until further notice.
For media enquiries, please contact Ms Irene Lau, Corporate Affairs
Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited on (852) 9094 3153
or Ms Sian Griffiths, Director of Communications, The Peninsula Hotels
on (852) 9026 5217. For general enquiries, a hotline has been set up in
Manila: (632) 759 3010 or (632) 759 3011. |
Official Statement of The Peninsula Manila - Update
| November 29, 2007, 19.00 Hong Kong time
The occupation of The Peninsula Manila by a group of anti-government
rebels has ended, and the rebels have left the hotel. The matter is now
being dealt with by the relevant Philippine authorities.
Hotel guests are currently being accommodated at neighbouring hotels.
The Peninsula Manila takes the safety of its guests, patrons and staff
extremely seriously, considering it to be of paramount importance, and
the hotel will continue to liaise and work closely with the Philippine
authorities.
The Peninsula Manila is now closed until further notice.
For general enquiries, please contact The Peninsula Manila hotline on
+ 632 759 3011 or + 632 759 3010.
For media enquiries, please contact Ms Irene Lau, Corporate Affairs
Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited on + (852) 9094 3153
or Ms Sian Griffiths, Director of Communications, The Peninsula Hotels
on + (852) 9026 5217. |
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An Update on The Peninsula Manila, 30 November 2007
| 30 November 2007, 13:15 Hong Kong time
Following the recent incident at The Peninsula Manila, the Hotel is
now closed temporarily and will re-open for business at 3.00pm on Monday,
3 December 2007.
Guests with bookings for arrival before Monday, 3 December are kindly
requested to make alternative arrangements for their visit to Manila. For
assistance, please contact the Hotel on + 632 887 2888 or [email protected],
and our staff will be pleased to help.
For general enquiries, please contact The Peninsula Manila on + 632
887 2888. For media enquiries, please contact Ms Irene Lau, Corporate Affairs
Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited on + 852 9094 3153
or Ms Sian Griffiths, Director of Communications, The Peninsula Hotels
on + 852 9026 5217. |
Hotel guests vacate Peninsula-Manila, give way to clearing
ops
 November
30, 2007 - Manila - Source ABS-CBN News Online - Hotel guests of the Manila
Peninsula in Makati City came in droves on Friday to get the things they
left when they abruptly evacuated the place to make way for police operations
Thursday.
Radio dzMM reported that the guests and those staying at the five-star
hotel were allowed to get their personal belongings from their rooms initially
searched by police.
Members of the Makati Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) arrived and
began checking the 2nd floor of the hotel where the group, led by Sen.
Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, former head of the Scout
Ranger Regimen, holed out.
The two were protected by around 20 Magdalo soldiers, armed with automatic
assault rifles and explosives.
During the clearing operations, the SWAT team recovered several hand
grenades and weapons in some of the rooms left by the soldiers.
Police also used bomb sniffing dogs to make sure that it was safe for
guests to up to their rooms.
Operations of the hotel have been temporarily suspended due to the ongoing
clearing activities of authorities.
On Thursday, Trillanes and Lim seized the hotel along with some civilians
who supported the group�s call for President Arroyo to step down.
Authorities managed to diffuse the situation and arrested the group
after a six-hour standoff.
Source ABS-CBN News Online |
