Belfry ready

A pedicab driver and a motorcyclist pass by the belfry tower of the church at Balangiga, Eastern Samar on Friday. This was a day before a ceremony to return three bronze church bells taken by American troops as war trophies over a century ago, which the US returned to the Philippines on Dec. 11 in a bid to turn the page on a difficult chapter between the historical allies. Ted Aljibe