President Arroyo announced a curfew on 29 November 2007 after the Peninsula hotel siege. The army patrolled the entrance and exit points of SLEX and NLEX. The curfew,a stage down from martial law was announced on tv and radio. The hours of enforcement were 12midnight to 5am.Call center workers were exempt but many were detained then released at dawn.
There was an outcry from human rights groups and the emergency measure was repealed the next day
