“You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it requires people to make that dream a reality.” – Walt Disney Atty. Joseph Donato J. Bernedo, PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority (PHIVIDEC-IA) Administrator & CEO used this quote to emphasize what the focus of the estate’s open house on March 26-28, …
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Three Phases of World War II in the Philippines
FIRST PHASE: 8 DEC 1941 – 6 MAY 1942. On 8 December 1941, Japan struck vital United States territories without warning or formal declaration of war. One of the first Japanese bombs fell in Davao, Mindanao. The whole Philippines awoke horror-struck at what was the inception of a most horrible national cataclysm. Girded for battle …
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Farmer & Fisher Folk Leaders raise awareness of Development Aggression against their communities with Jubilee Walk Against Hunger, Poverty, and Injustice
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- Leaders of local farmers and fishermen from beleaguered communities around the country are undertaking a 60-Day national walk to raise awareness against corporate interests seeking to displace them from their ancestral domains. The core group of 15 marchers include leaders from the Ubod na Manlalakbay of SAMBILOG – Balik Bugsuk Movement …
The Rise of the Guerrillas in Mindanao
May 1942 Lanao Province TAMPARAN DISTRICT: During the last week of May 1942, the Japs sent a strong patrol to Bacolod Grande on the Northwest shore area of Lake Lanao. The Patrol burned all houses in the settlement, killed some Maranaos. This was retaliatory to the strong opposition offered by the Maranaos in that sector …
The Malaybalay Siege
12 January 1943 Smacking of medieval warfare and looming unique in the history of the Bukidnon guerrillas, was the protracted siege of Malaybalay undertaken by the Cotabato Bukidnon Force of SALIPADA K. PENDATUN which lasted for some fifty-three days from 12 Jan to 6 March 1943. It was a tale of sheer courage, determination and …
Beginning And Growth Of The Tenth Military District
12 November 1942 Why The Early Guerrillas In MindanaoFactors Favorable For Guerrilla Growth: a) Natural Barriers: Mindanao turned out to be a fertile field for originating, nurturing, maturing and welding into a compact organization, guerrilla units. The island abounds in jungles, irregular land surface, rivers, mountains, steep cliffs, swamps and two big lakes (Lanao and …
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The Epic Battle of Tagum
10 November 1944 On 10 November 1944, about 3:00 AM, no less than 400 Jap regulars and marines riding in Q-boats, launches and boats, landed at Madaum under cover of darkness. The men of Cos “G” and “H” deployed along the beach of Madaum discovered the presence and immediately fired at them, inflicting some casualties. …
Guerrillas Assault Pagadian Garrison
5 November 1944 The attack on Pagadian was undertaken to disperse the eighty to one hundred Japs entrenched in the heart of the town, who were heavily armed with one 50 cal machinegun, BARs, rifles, cal 25, and one stock mortar. The attacking guerrilla mobile units had an average strength of fifty men and four …
Guerrilla Attack on the Japanese Garrison in Misamis
30 October 1944 Misamis was considered the most strongly fortified garrison of the enemy in the province of Misamis Occidental. Since their wide-scale invasion on Northern Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga on 26 June 1943, they had entrenched themselves and found security in a four hundred year old moss covered Spanish fort situated on a promontory …
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Attack on Mt. Blik : A Combined Filipino-American Operation
18 June 1945 Combined American and guerrilla operations in the area of the 106th Division forced the remains of the enemy, as elsewhere, to flee to the mountains. 300 to 400 Jap troops sought refuge in the Mt Blik area, Cotabato (present day Talayan, Maguindanao), but hot on their trail were the combined American and …
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