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DND honors World War II veteran Cesar Pobre

The Department of National Defense (DND) on Tuesday expressed its condolences to the family and colleagues of retired Colonel Cesar Pobre, a World War...

Serendipitous Find

Bomb disposal experts work on an apparent World War II torpedo with its propeller still intact unearthed at a construction site near the Ninoy...

Japan and US call for stronger ties on Iwo Jima anniversary

Tokyo, Japan — Japan and the United States called Saturday for a strengthening of their alliance as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new US...

Czech defense chief cites Filipina author

International author Edna Bautista Binkowski, receives a special citation from the Czech Republic’s Defense Minister Jana Cernochova during a recent wreath-laying ceremony at the...

Hundreds of parachutists jump to mark WWII operation

Hundreds of parachutists on Saturday dropped down on a heath near the Dutch town of Ede, following in the footsteps of 2,000 Allied soldiers...

A pandemic year

"We need to inoculate ourselves with a generous dose of hope in humanity and faith in the Creator."   Throughout human history, there have been many...

Japanese ministers visit Yasukuni Shrine, first since 2016

Nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual cash offering to the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo to mark Saturday's 75th anniversary of Japan's...

Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

Hiroshima, Japan |  Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back...

The liberation of Manila

"We as a people seem to have forgotten those three years of Japanese occupation."   Not too many people realize it but later this month, Manila...

More memories of WWII

"Those were dangerous times, indeed."   Before I continue with my recollections about the Japanese Occupation, I would like to acknowledge a letter of thanks sent...

The war to end all wars

"Will we ever have lasting peace in the midst of the tensions and conflicts all over the world?"     The “war to end all wars” was...

Vintage bomb

Members of a bomb squad, along with some barangay tanods, load a WWII vintage bomb into a vehicle after it was discovered by workers...
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