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                    [Title] => Bravo Bataan Heroes!
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In April 1942—before your parents were even born—about 85,000 Filipino and American troops were captured by the Japanese in Bataan and were forced to march to a prison camp over 100 kilometers away.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133688 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1341377 [AuthorName] => Grace D. Chong [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 846060 [Title] => Philippines' oldest WWII veteran dies at 111 [Summary] =>

The Philippines said Wednesday its oldest World War II veteran, who escaped from Japanese troops before the infamous Bataan Death March and became a guerrilla fighter, has died at age 111.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-06 08:47:46 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 842038 [Title] => DENR to plant trees on Death March route [Summary] =>

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will launch today a greening project aimed at growing trees along the Death March trail to call attention to the heroism of some 60,000 Filipinos and 15,000 American soldiers captured by Japanese soldiers in 1942.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 54225 [Title] => Multi-agency task force to retrace Death March [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245476 [Title] => GMA declares war vs poverty in Araw ng Kagitingan rites [Summary] => There is a war still going on across the country, President Arroyo told World War II veterans here during the commemoration rites of Araw ng Kagitingan yesterday. [DatePublished] => 2004-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168087 [AuthorName] => Benjie Villa [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245514 [Title] => War vets remember notorious Death March [Summary] => On his death bed last month, retired colonel Bartolome Gacad wore a T-shirt that read: "Justice for the Filipino WWII veterans."

It was a powerful reminder of a controversy that has resonated for six decades, after what military historians have described as one of the worst atrocities of World War II.

With each passing year, the veteran lines are getting thinner. But their search for justice endures.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202148 [Title] => GMA pays tribute to WWII heroes [Summary] => President Arroyo paid tribute yesterday to the 32,285 Filipino and American soldiers — including seven of her uncles — who perished during the Death March from Bataan to a concentration camp in Capas, Tarlac in 1942.

Describing the soldiers as "pillars of courage and heroism," Mrs. Arroyo unveiled a "Wall of Heroes" at the Capas National Shrine where names of the fallen were inscribed in gold paint.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202155 [Title] => Three more arrested in deadly Davao City bombings [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Authorities have arrested three more suspects in the deadly bombings in Davao City that left 38 people dead and hundreds wounded in less than a month.

Esmael Usop Mamalakas, Jimmy Bulalao and Teng Edar were arrested Tuesday in Cotabato City. Their arrest came on the same day President Arroyo announced the arrest of two other suspects.

In a news conference yesterday, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said charges of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder are being prepared against the five suspects.
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[DatePublished] => 2003-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136103 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777906 [AuthorName] => TURO-TURO By Claude Tayag [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202066 [Title] => Capas National Shrine now a pilgrimage site [Summary] => CAPAS, Tarlac — The former Japanese concentration camp in this town is finally becoming a World War II pilgrimage site, which would earn this town and the province of Tarlac their rightful place in history, Gov. Jose Yap Sr. said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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