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The Bataan Death March [a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 75,000 [1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando . The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines ...
RCBC robbery-massacre. / 14.237222°N 121.102028°E / 14.237222; 121.102028. On May 16, 2008, a branch of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) in Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines was robbed. It is described as the worst bank robbery in Philippine history. [4]
Ateneo de Manila shooting. / 14.64139°N 121.07556°E / 14.64139; 121.07556. On July 24, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, leaving three people dead and three others injured, including the assailant. [ 5][ 4][ 7][ 8] The attacker, identified as Chao-Tiao Yumol ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Tuesday police seized the largest haul of methamphetamine in the country in years without anybody being killed, in a subtle criticism of his ...
Philippine police backed by commandos staged a massive raid on Tuesday and said they rescued more than 2,700 workers from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and more than a dozen other ...
On the morning of August 26, 2015, news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBSaffiliate WDBJin Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally shot while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lakein Moneta. They were interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director of the local chamber of ...
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine senate threatened on Wednesday to arrest a small town mayor for contempt during a hearing investigating her alleged ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, a case ...
Residence (s) Roanoke, Virginia. Alma mater. Belmont Abbey College ( B.A.) Loyola University ( J.D.) Hollins University ( M.A.) Signature. David Allen Bowers (born May 11, 1952) is an American politician who served as mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, for a first term from 1992 to 2000 and then for a second term from 2008 to 2016.