Around 1,000 troops guarded a Philippine court hearing today for 14 soldiers accused of a 2003 rebellion, the same officers who stormed out of proceedings last month and commandeered a hotel, calling for an anti-government uprising.

Troops stormed a five-star hotel in Manila today to remove dissident military officers who had walked out of their coup trial and demanded that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign.

Military officers defied a deadline to surrender after storming out of their coup trial in the Philippines capital today, taking over a luxury hotel and demanding that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign.

Some of the troops in the Philippines who mutinied and seized a shopping centre in the centre of the capital city as they demanded the resignation of the government surrendered today after an ultimatum from president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.