asked Washington in his state of the nation address last year to "return them to us, this is painful for us." "Give us back those Balangiga bells. ... They are part of our national heritage ...

The Office of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who demanded the bells be returned, called their return "a milestone." Duterte is expected on hand in Balangiga later this week, when the bells ...

San Lorenzo, the third-century martyr, is the patron saint of Balangiga. Philippine Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao said the bells’ return “affords us an opportunity to understand and ...

The US Ambassador may be optimistic but he is a small fry. It is not his word that will return the Balangiga bells to the Philippines nor the talks between the Philippine and US military.

For more than two decades, the Philippine government and the townspeople of Balangiga on Samar have tried to win the bells’ return. “The Americans should give them back to the Philippines beca ...

MANILA, Philippines — The return of Balangiga Bells on Tuesday signals the closure of a dreadful chapter between the Philippines and United States after more than a hundred years. “Now they ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --The Balangiga Bells -- a memento from United States' military victory more than a century ago -- were returned to the Philippines Tuesday. The bells were taken by U.S. troops as ...

MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang yesterday vowed to work for the return of the Balangiga bells to the country, which it equated with the restoration of the Philippines’ dignity as a nation.

Duterte wants the United States to return war trophies seized more than 100 years ago: three historic church bells that were taken from the Philippine village of Balangiga after a bloody clash ...

Law, from the U.S. embassy, said that all other bells from U.S. conflicts had been returned, except for Balangiga's — an anomaly he acknowledged was wrong. Returning them, Law said, "restored to ...