at Sackets Harbor, New York, where the 9th US Infantry Regiment was stationed
at the turn of the century. This bell is now at their present station in Korea.
(Photograph issued upon the request of Jean Wall from a New York source.)
The webmaster's Balangiga advocacy started in 1994,
with a strong pitch for
the return of the Bells of Balangiga
in Wyoming. It had a language and style of its own
until 1999.
In a letter to TIME Magazine, the webmaster proposed the ringing of the Balangiga bell, now in Korea, for the memory of the victims of the No Gun Ri Massacre in 1950. But in the published item, the editors placed this bell in the U.S.
Message of Jean Wall on the occasion of the 98th Balangiga Encounter Day on Sept. 28, 1999. Relayed by e-mail through the webmaster, who read it on air during an interview by Bombo Radyo Tacloban in the evening of Sept. 27, 1999.
This reflection looks back to the tumultuous Balangiga-related developments over the past two years (1998-1999), citing mainly from occasional e-mails exchanged with Jean Wall.
Balangiga: A confluence of advocacy positions
This paper presented at the U.P. National Symposium on the Balangiga Attack of 1901 at the U.P. Tacloban College on September 26, 1901 contains the webmaster's state-of-the-art knowledge of the Balangiga event at the time.
A church belfry project worth P5-million, which also prettified the façade of the Balangiga church, was constructed in 1998. This was intended to house the Bells of Balangiga, the return of which from Wyoming in time for the Philippine Centennial celebration was actively sought by the Philippine government.
Historical markers and their omissions
Three historical markers installed by the National Historical Institute in places associated with the Balangiga Massacre in 1901 can confuse the ordinary readers with several misleading statements and obvious omissions. Includes texts of the markers, photographs, and comments by the writer.VFA and the bells of Balangiga
Our officials were apparently duped about the return of the Balangiga bells as a possible exchange for the signing of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement. The VFA is now on us, but the bells remain as elusive as ever.
U.S. double standard on war trophies
In 1992 the U.S. government returned a 16th-century Buddhist temple bell looted by U.S. Marines from Okinawa, Japan in 1945. Yet it would not part with the bells allegedly looted from Balangiga. Why the double standard?
An update on the Balangiga bells issue. Started the call for a shift of official focus towards the return of the "third bell" of Balangiga in Korea instead of the two in Wyoming.
There is a new twist in the Balangiga bells issue. The real bell of Balangiga seems to be the "third bell" in the possession of US troops now stationed in Korea.
The story of Fr. Donato Guimbaolibot and the torture and punishment of the Samar clergy as an aftermath of the Balangiga Massacre of 1901. In 1995 the parish of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Fr. Guimbaolibot's hometown, launched a movement for his Catholic sainthood.
U.S. to return the bells of Balangiga
In Nov. 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton offered President Fidel Ramos the return of the Bells of Balangiga to the Philippines "in the spirit of fair play." Since then, his offer had been reduced to an unfulfilled promise. This article narrates a series of failed efforts to have the relics returned to the country.