75th anniversary of end of WWII is mostly virtual amid virus

Associated Press 09/03/2020

HONOLULU — When Japanese military leaders climbed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, the battleship was packed with U.S. sailors eager to see the end of World War II. On Wednesday, the…

KUWENTONG KULE: The continuing saga of the WWII victims of sexual slavery and violence

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/28/2020

  It has been two years this week, April 27, 2018 to be exact, since  the Lola statue along Roxas Boulevard in Manila  was surreptitiously removed by the Duterte administration in order not to antagonize the Japanese government. “The Japanese…

American civilian’s book about his hiding in Leyte in WWII launched

Immae Lachica 12/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A book about a civilian’s diary of his experience during World War II was launched on Friday, November 30, at the Casa Gorordo, Museum. The book entitled “Hidden in Leyte: The Orville A. Babcock…

WWII US veteran who fought in PH, longtime lawmaker dies at 91

09/03/2019

NEW YORK  — Former state Sen. Bill Larkin, a World War II veteran who saw combat in the Philippines, died Saturday. He was 91. His family announced the death Sunday, calling Larkin a “dedicated public servant, soldier…

Japan to get first post-WWII aircraft carriers

AFP 12/18/2018

JAPAN will get its first aircraft carriers since World War II and buy dozens of fighter jets under a new defense plan approved Tuesday that is intended to counter China’s growing military power. The new five-year defense…

Plan to recover WWII army tank submerged in Medellin’s river excite netizens

Doris C. Bongcac 12/05/2018

Netizens look forward to the recovery of the World War II (WWII) army tank that is now submerged in Medellin town’s Dagusungan River. Giles Anthony Villamor, Medellin’s planning officer, said in a Facebook post at around 11…

Medellin officials search for WWII army tank ‘submerged’ on Dagusungan River

Doris C. Bongcac 12/05/2018

The municipality of Medellin in northern Cebu is pursuing a plan to locate and extract a World War II (WWII) army tank that was said to have been submerged on its Dagusungan River. A Facebook post by…

Forty-year ordinance implemented: Street renamed after WWII ‘martyr-gov’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/13/2018

AFTER forty years since the ordinance was passed, Progreso Street at Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, has finally been renamed to Jose S. Leyson Street in honor of the Cebuano governor who died as a martyr during the…

WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated

AFP 02/01/2018

A wartime bomb was defused in Hong Kong on Thursday after forcing a busy commercial district into lockdown, with roads closed and thousands evacuated from surrounding shops, hotels and offices. It was the second time within a…

Painting looted during WWII returns to Poland

AP 11/29/2017

WARSAW, Poland — Representatives of the US and Polish governments are publicly unveiling a 19th-century painting that was looted during World War II and recovered by the FBI. The ceremony Wednesday marked one of the latest recoveries…

75,000 evacuated in Greece to defuse 227-kilo WWII bomb

AP 02/12/2017

Thessaloniki, Greece — Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki were evacuating an estimated 75,000 people Sunday in order to defuse a 500-pound (227-kilogram) unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station. The evacuation…

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