Government troopers arrive with their Armoured Personnel Carriers to reinforce their comrades at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Headquarters at Quezon city following an alleged attempted coup Friday. (AP photo)

A young street vendor reads a newspaper Saturday near the Presidential Palace in Manila. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo faced criticism from prominent Filipinos for declaring a state of emergency. (AP photo)

Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos holds a document during a news conference Saturday, at his office at the financial district of Makati city. Ramos described President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's declaration of a state of emergency to thwart a coup attempt against her as an "over reaction." (AP photo)

Demonstrators shout anti-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo slogans during a rally in Makati City Friday. Arroyo declared a state of emergency Friday, saying she hadquashed a coup plot but that the Philippines still faced a "clear threat" from treasonous forces. (AP photo)

Protesters flee as riot police (unseen) chase them away during dispersal operation when the latter tried to march towards the "People Power" monument for an anti-Government rally Friday at Quezon city. (AP photo)

Riot police officers disperse protesters with water cannon and truncheons as they try to march towards the "People Power" monument for an anti-government rally Friday at Quezon City. (AP photo)

Protesters help their colleague after he was injured in the dispersal of their protest by police when they tried to march towards the "People Power" monument for an anti-government rally Friday at suburban Quezon City. (AP photo)