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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.

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

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…

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.

The documentary play with music and movement was based on more than 80 interviews with vets who were denied the U.S. benefits they were promised