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Mount Samat Shrine, Pilar, Bataan.

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Bataan Peninsula was the scene of harsh fighting between American-Filipino forces and the invading Japanese forces. On April 9, 1942, the Bataan defenders surrendered to the Japanese. About 70,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers were captured.

More than Cannons in Corregidor

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

I’ve been watching MYX the past days. I see my kababatas (childhood friends), the Romawac siblings of Session Road. They shot a music video at Corregidor Island. “… Like little angels falling from heaven!…” Let’s talk about Corregidor … Corregidor is an island off Manila Bay, between Bataan and Manila. Corregidor was the first line [...]