Gov. Niel Tupas remains as governor of Province of Iloilo after surviving the siege of Iloilo Provincial Capitol. The last minute arrival of the TRO good for 60 days maintains the status quo. With that, Gov. Tupas' political rivals just gave him more votes he didn't have to buy next election. Everybody who were there thought it was way overkill.

I was in the vicinity when the drama was unfolding. Good thing I had my camera with me. Take a look some of the photos below. I have the whole set uploaded in Zooomr if you want to see more..