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How the Mexican Aztec Eagles Helped the Philippines in WWII

Planning begins with learning from the past

I invited one of the leading scholars of Philippine urban planning history, Ian Morley, to write this week's edition of Mobility Matters. Ian is an associate professor of urban history at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the vice president of the International Planning History Society. He is the author of the 2023 book 'Remodeling to Prepare for Independence: The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works,' c. 1935-46.

GERMANY: Truce

Philippines is on the front line of South China Sea tensions, but 'WWII-style war' with China unlikely

President Marcos Jnr recently described his country as a frontline state, in remarks that recalled the Philippines’ dark chapter of being colonised by Japan.

Education: Thomasite Troubles

In July 1901, three years after the Battle of Manila Bay and only four months after the capture of rebellious Leader Emilio Aguinaldo, the Army…

'Why we need to amend the restrictive economic provisions'

Quezon of the Philippines

MANUEL LUIS QUEZON, President of the Philippine Islands, was a soldier of the Revolution of 1898 against Spain. As a youth he joined the ranks of the Philippine Revolutionary Army, serving under the immediate command of General Mascardo. It is an irony of history that 44 years ago he engaged in military operations in the same jungle-clad Bataan where last spring the Philippine-American Army fought its desperate battle with the Japanese invaders. He rose from the ranks to become a major. He knew how to suffer and he did suffer. In the front line he fought with reckless abandon.

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