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During the harsh days of World War II internment at Camp Holmes in Baguio City, Philippines, the survival of many hung precariously in the balance. Yet amid the bleakness, a glimmer of hope emerged in the form of Commandant Rokuro Tomibe, the Japanese civilian overseer of the camp from 1943 to 1944.
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For two consecutive censuses, there were more Filipinos than local residents in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Historian Don Farrell delved into the complexities of reunification of the Marianas citing as sticking point both Guam’s and Northern Marianas’s status as “unincorporated territories.” However, Farrell emphasized that the Northern Marianas has taken a step forward by establishing a mutually agreed-upon political status with the United States, a move beyond Guam’s unilateral action through the Organic Act.
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An heirloom spoon from the Cordilleras not only commands a high price in the market but it touts a glorious past of the Ifugaos renowned for their resilience and their rich cultural traditions.
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Women were asked to knit pairs of socks and little did they know they were making them for WWII guerrillas. 32 pairs of socks for 32 men serving the guerrilla movement against the Japanese.
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As Princess Taiping embarked on its transpacific crossing, it carried with it the hopes of a historic voyage. However, its journey was cut short by the unexpected encounter with a freighter near its destination, marking the end of a remarkable endeavor.
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As I embarked on my journey from Queens to Manhattan, thoughts of the Gilded Age swirled in my mind: Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie—names echoing through time with the weight of history.
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Growing up in the Philippines, I neither heard of nor read about Josephina “Joey” Guerrero until Ben Montgomery published his book, “The Leper Spy.”
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Travel back in time at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City and be fascinated by an assemblage of shogunate period artifacts, most especially, swords and armors.
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Gregoria de Jesus, revered as the "mother of the Philippine revolution," transcends the archetype of a muse, embodying the resilience and fortitude of a nation in the pursuit of freedom.
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Some 6000 Chinese-Japanese pirates led by Limahong attempted to wrestle control of Manila from the Spaniards who had to beef up their defenses to quell the staunch confederacy of pirates.
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Since fifth grade, Ethel "Sally" Blaine Millett, a Missouri native and an Army nurse, had been longing for the Philippines. Fate seemed to be on her side when she finally got the chance in 1939 after completing her nursing training in San Diego and joining the US Army at Letterman General Hospital.
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In the midst of chaos in war-ravaged Manila, US Navy nurse Laura Cobb served as anchor of her fellow Navy nurses as they responded to emergencies in the aftermath of the Japanese bombings of the city. Subsequently, left behind in the mad rush to retreat, Cobb kept her team of Navy nurses together as they went from one makeshift hospital to another until they ended up in internment camps of Santo Tomas and Los Banos.
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