The World - News from Nov. 28, 1988

Philippine troops went on alert after authorities blocked bus convoys carrying thousands of civilians into Manila to distribute leaflets calling for a military overthrow of the government, officials said. “The armed forces of the Philippines is now taking over” the government of President Corazon Aquino, a Manila newspaper quoted one of the leaflets as saying. In Manila’s Sampaloc district, police intercepted 12 buses and four jeeps from nearby Cavite province carrying 500 people, some of whom were handing out pro-coup leaflets. In the capital’s financial district of Makati, police rounded up more than 100 people. Authorities have foiled several coup attempts against Aquino since 1986.