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The Balangiga Bells up close

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 06:43 PM

Visitors take pictures of the Balangiga Bells on display at the Philippine Air Force Museum at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Wednesday Read more »

Filipino veteran anticipates tolling of Balangiga Bells

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 07:07 PM

The 21 years spent helping the government fight for the return of the bells was "very rough" journey, said US Air Force Veteran and former Special Envoy of the Catholic Diocese of Borongan in Eastern Samar Sonny Sampayan told ANC. Read more »

Aktor nagsampa ng kaso nang maipit ang hinliliit sa eroplano

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 10:58 AM

Nagtamo umano ng pagkabalisa at matinding sakit ang aktor nang mangyari ang insidente sa kaniyang first-class flight mula Reno, Nevada hanggang Los Angeles, California. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: ‘Time for healing,’ as Balangiga Bells returned to Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 08:41 PM

Three church bells taken by American soldiers as war booty from the Eastern Samar town of Balangiga in 1901 are back on Philippine soil.  Read more »

Balangiga Bells, balik-Pilipinas matapos ang 117 taon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 08:35 PM

Tinangay ng puwersa ng mga Amerikano ang mga kampana mula sa simbahan sa Balangiga, Eastern Samar sa kasagsagan ng Philippine-American War noong 1902 bilang “war booty”. Read more »

Lorenzana, Kim say return of Balangiga bells 'closure' of painful PH-US past

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 05:54 PM

The return of three centuries-old bells taken as war booties from an Eastern Visayas town provides "closure" and signals the "renewed friendship" between the Philippines and the United States, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday. Read more »

Balangiga Bells return signals closure, new trust: historian

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 12:47 PM

The church bells, which were taken by US forces from Balangiga town, Eastern Samar in 1901, have a "spiritual representation" to Filipinos, National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Rolando Borrinaga told ANC. Read more »

Balangiga Bells back in Philippines after 117 years

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 05:41 PM

After 117 years, 3 church bells taken by American troops from Balangiga town in Eastern Samar arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday. Read more »

Pabalik na ng PH: Balangiga Bells, dumating sa Japan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 08:19 PM

Dumating sa Japan ngayong Lunes ang mga kampana na tinangay ng puwersa ng mga Amerikano mula sa simbahan sa Balangiga, Eastern Samar sa kasagsagan ng Philippine-American War noong 1902. Read more »

Oklahoma's Murray wins Heisman Trophy as top college football player

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 10:12 AM

Kyler Murray won the prestigious Heisman Trophy Saturday, the highest honor in US college football going to a player who could yet be headed to a baseball career. Read more »

Balangiga is waiting for the bells' return

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 01:55 PM

The residents of Balangiga are eagerly anticipating and preparing for the return of the 3 Balangiga bells set to return this December, more than a century after these were taken by American soldiers as war booty after the Balangiga massacre in 1901.  Read more »

Huawei arrest stokes fears of China reprisals among America Inc. execs

Fanny Potkin and Adam Jourdan, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 05:40 PM

At a closed-door security meeting of US companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China. Read more »

'Black Panther,' 'Star is Born' among AFI's top films of 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 05:06 AM

LOS ANGELES - Musical drama "A Star is Born," superhero movie "Black Panther," and horror flick "A Quiet Place" were named as some of the 10 best films of 2018 by the American Film Institute on Tuesday. Read more »

Pinoys in Alaska share scary quake experience

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Dec 01 10:52 AM

Filipinos based in Alaska share their horrific experiences after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Anchorage, causing widespread damage and triggering rock slides on Friday.   Read more »

How the Filipinos in Balangiga avenged the Chinese in Peking

Juan Go
Posted at Nov 25 07:05 PM

On the occasion of the Balangiga bells’ imminent return to the Philippines, Juan Go writes about a little known facet of the Balangiga massacre. Read more »

Fully automated toilets offer comfort, security for homeowners

American Standard
Posted at Nov 23 06:35 PM

A range of solutions by American Standard offers to bring greater comfort and security to homes by protecting health and elevating sanitation. Read more »

American killed by an isolated tribe on remote Indian island

Sanjib Kumar Roy, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 07:01 AM

PORT BLAIR, India - An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, local law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Women less likely to receive CPR, studies show

Anna Gabrielle Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 08:48 PM

Two studies show bystanders are less likely to perform CPR on women than on men who suffer cardiac arrest due to concerns of inappropriate contact or inflicting injury.  Read more »

Balangiga bells to be refurbished before return to PH: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 05:51 PM

The United States will first refurbish the historic bells of Balangiga before returning these to the Philippines. Read more »

US returns 'Bells of Balangiga' a century after clash

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 12:34 PM

The US government held Thursday a military ceremony for the repatriation of the bells of Balangiga that were seized as war booty from the Philippines over a century ago.    Read more »