A pandemic year
"We need to inoculate ourselves with a generous dose of hope in humanity and faith in the Creator." Throughout ...
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Japanese ministers visit Yasukuni Shrine, first since 2016
People release doves to honour the dead of war at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on August 15, 2020 on ...
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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 ...
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The liberation of Manila
"We as a people seem to have forgotten those three years of Japanese occupation." Not too many people realize ...
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More memories of WWII
"Those were dangerous times, indeed." Before I continue with my recollections about the Japanese Occupation, I would like to ...
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The war to end all wars
"Will we ever have lasting peace in the midst of the tensions and conflicts all over the world?" ...
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Vintage bomb
Members of a bomb squad, along with some barangay tanods, load a WWII vintage bomb into a vehicle after it ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.