This is an information message
We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This is an information message
We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.