UN twits PH inaction over ‘comfort women’
The Philippines violated the rights of victims of sexual slavery perpetrated by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World ...
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Book burning is what it is
You would think that book burning is something that’s already part of history, as it conjures images of crowds gathered ...
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Battle of Manila rites
Manila Mayor Francisco ‘Isko’ Domagoso (lower right of photo) leads the wreath-laying ceremony during the 76th Anniversary of the Battle ...
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America is failing the world
"US leadership is nowhere to be found." Since the end of the Second World War, the current world ...
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Sept. 3, 1945, Yamashita’s surrender, now a holiday
Starting Sept. 3, and on the same in the next years, the country will mark the surrender of the Japanese ...
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Luxembourg’s grand duke, 98
Luxembourg"•Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Jean, who reigned over his country for 36 years before abdicating in 2000, has died aged 98, ...
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Return of 32,000 JP troops sought
THE Japanese government is preparing to repatriate whatever remains of 32,000 Japanese soldiers who died in the Philippines during the ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.