{"id":193845,"date":"2018-12-13T06:03:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T11:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=193845"},"modified":"2018-12-13T06:03:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T11:03:16","slug":"balangiga-bells-to-return-to-eastern-samar-dec-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/13\/balangiga-bells-to-return-to-eastern-samar-dec-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Balangiga Bells to return to Eastern Samar Dec. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The Balangiga Bells arrived at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on Tuesday, December 11. (Photo<\/a>: Ambassador Sung Kim\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Balangiga Bells will finally go home to its parish on Friday, the Department of National Defense (DND) spokesperson said Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a statement forwarded to reporters, Arsenio Andolong said the bells will depart from Villamor Air Base, Pasay City aboard a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 cargo plane for Guiuan, Eastern Samar at about 6 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

It is expected to arrive in its destination by 8:30 a.m., Andolong added.<\/p>\n

Upon landing at Guiuan, Eastern Samar, the bells will be transported via land to Balangiga, which will last approximately two hours.<\/p>\n

The DND spokesperson said the formal transfer of the bells to the parish of Balangiga will be led by President Rodrigo Duterte and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana at 3 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Borongan Bishop Crispin Vasquez, in behalf of the Diocese of Borongan, will receive the bells from the DND.<\/p>\n

Among the guests to witness the transfer are US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Yong Kim and Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles.<\/p>\n

Last December 11, the US Department of Defense turned over the bells to the Philippines, culminating the decades-long return process involving numerous initiatives and negotiations between the two governments.<\/p>\n

Two of these bells were housed for more than a century at the Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, while the other was kept at Camp Red Cloud in South Korea.<\/p>\n

The bells were seized and declared as war trophies by US troops in the aftermath of the Balangiga Massacre on September 28, 1901.<\/p>\n

The Balangiga bells were at the crux of the struggle of the people of Samar during the war at the turn of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Lorenzana said after more than a century, the return of the bells to the Philippines from the United States now symbolizes the two countries\u2019 \u201cshared histories and ideals, new beginnings, renewed friendships and a stronger brotherhood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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