Binondo is the center of activities in Manila during the annual Chinese New Year celebrations where thousands gather for the ...

World War II interrupted the ... After a bloody battle for Manila, the islands were declared liberated once more. More than 1 million Filipinos had died during the war. As promised, the Republic ...

Feb. 3, 1945, the battle for the capital of the Philippines began between Allied Forces and Imperial Japan. The 1st Cavalry ...

Several stories published in t Evening News and the Wilkes-Barre Record beginning Feb. 13, 1945, and throughout the month announced Mr. Alan B. Cutting and his wife, Mary, of Kingston were alive and ...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO in February, 100,000 people died as the city of Manila burned. For 30 days, the Philippine capital was caught up in a clash between the Japanese and American armed forces in a bloody, ...

February marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. Fought in the closing months of World War II, the operation to liberate the Philippine capital from Japanese tyranny turned into a massive ...

"The archipelago affords an ideal strategic position," said MacArthur in testimony to the Senate during an investigation ... Before the Second World War, Manila was considered one of the most ...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) renewed its pledge to protect the nation’s freedom and to promote awareness on the national heritage. The AFP ...