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Battle of Mindanao map at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. The Battle of Mindanao (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindanao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Mindanao; Japanese: ミンダナオの戦い) was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V.
Various forms of torture were used by the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines between the declaration of martial law in 1972 and the Marcos family's ouster during the People Power Revolution in 1986. These included a range of methods Philippine forces picked up during its long periods of colonial occupation under Spanish, American, and ...
The dictatorship of 10th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, [1] [2] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, [3] journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against his dictatorship.
[5] The crime occurred prior to the scheduled 9am opening of the outlet with customers alerting the police after the bank did not open as scheduled. [5] At the scene, a security guard and eight other bank employees were found dead. A tenth bank official was found seriously wounded and was rushed to a hospital. [5] The tenth victim died two days ...
5 (all civilians) Victims were gathered by the military. They were found dead a day later. [92] [93] Dumingag incident: February 1982 Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur: 12 (all civilians) Members of Ilaga cult killed the victims in retaliation for the death of their leader. [92] [93] Gapan incident (Family murders) 12 February 1982 Gapan, Nueva Ecija: 5
The 1990 Mindanao revolt was an uprising that occurred in parts of the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.It began when Alexander Noble, a dissident Philippine Army colonel linked to the 1989 Philippine coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino, and his supporters, which included Mindanaoan separatists, seized two military garrisons in Cagayan de Oro and Butuan without firing a ...
600 [5] 1645 Luzon earthquake: Province of Manila: 1899 Warfare 539 Second Battle of Caloocan: Caloocan: 2009 Typhoon 448 Typhoon Ketsana: Metro Manila: 1899 Warfare 293 1899 Battle of Manila: Manila: 1968 Earthquake 268 [6] 1968 Casiguran earthquake: Manila: 1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila: Manila: 2000 Landslide 218–1,000 Payatas ...
Scott, William Henry (1992), Looking for the prehispanic Filipino: and other essays in Philippine history, New Day Publishers, ISBN 978-971-10-0524-5 Seekins, Donald M. (1991), "Historical Setting—Outbreak of War, 1898; World War II, 1941-45" , in Dolan (ed.), Philippines: A Country Study , Washington: Library of Congress , retrieved December ...