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(Eagle News) — The historic Balangiga bells have officially been turned over to the Philippines. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato made the announcement in a social media post. According to Cato, Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez was at the Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming for the official turnover with US Defense Secretary James Mattis. “We return the bells of Balangiga to our ally and our friend, the Philippines. We pick […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto on Tuesday, Nov. 13, hailed the reported imminent return of the Balangiga bells to the Philippines. “This is a joyous occasion for us all,” Recto said. According to Recto, the return of the bells, after all, “restores a severed historical connection between a proud people and their brave forebears.” “The bells are more than church artifacts, but will serve as a reminder of courage, which when rang will give […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States will return to the Philippines church bells seized by American forces in a bloody campaign more than a century ago, its embassy said on Sunday, following a demand by President Rodrigo Duterte. American forces took three bells from the Catholic church of Balangiga town on the eastern island of Samar in 1901 as war booty in what historians said was a particularly brutal military operation in the […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said it welcomed an earlier pronouncement made by United States ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim who assured the Philippine government that the US is “trying to reach an early resolution on the Balangiga bells.” “The Balangiga bells, as the President mentioned, are an important part of our national heritage,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a statement. “The Philippine government will continue to work with the US to pave […]
(Eagle News) – “Give us back those Balangiga bells. They are ours. They belong to the Philippines. They are part of our national heritage.” Thus did President Rodrigo Duterte make his demand to the United States government to return the Balangiga church bells taken by the US forces in 1901 as a war booty during the Philippine American war. The President referred to the historical pain attached to the Balangiga Bells which were taken by […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday (December 17) that the United States military troops should be “prepared to leave” as previous military deals with the US would soon be abrogated following the US threat to defer millions of dollars in foreign aid to the country. In a speech past midnight Saturday (December 17) shortly after arriving from his four-day state visits in Cambodia and Singapore, a visibly tired but angry […]
