Commemorative events were held Saturday in the Philippine capital for the Battle of Manila, a turning point in World War II ...

By Joan Orendain WREATHS will be laid, and taps resound through Intramuros, when Memorare Manila 1945 commemorates 29 deadly days in February 1945. From Feb. 3 to March 3, 1945, 100,000 non-combatants ...

Maria Orosa and her fellow World War II heroes were given a final resting place at San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila ...

Looking at photos of Intramuros taken shortly after the 1945 Battle for Manila, it is clear that many structures—or at least the shell or facade—remained. In retrospect, some of these could have ...

Maria Orosa is not just a street in Manila but should be remembered as the name of a World War II heroine associated with a famous Filipino food invention: Banana ketchup. In the website “Lady Science ...

From housing the Philippines’ lawmakers and solons to surviving the war, the National Museum of Fine Arts has stood the test ...

An exhibit featuring the works of renowned Filipino painters, including National Artist Fernando Amorsolo, was opened to the ...

For 30 days, the Philippine capital was caught up in a clash between the Japanese and American ... of the worst massacres of the war. The series concludes on the first day of March, in the historic ...

Historic, picturesque, classically romantic. These are, perhaps, some of the best words to describe San Agustin Church. These ...

and 16,665 Japanese were killed within Intramuros. Realizing they were losing the war, the Japanese army, in their desperation, committed horrific atrocities, engaging in arson, killing ...

Iwabuchi sealed all the gates of Intramuros, the ancient walled city of Manila ... by the Irish Columban Fathers who maintained their cover well into the war. When the Japanese discovered that they ...