"Waray is
a Samar-Leyte word which means none or nothing. How the word became a
collective name of people living in Samar and Leyte, two islands that
lie closely to each other in the Visayan region in middle curve of the
Philippines, is not yet known in history."
Gloria Esguerra Melencio
The
Balangiga massacre, as it is known in the
Philippines, or the
Balangiga affair, as it is known in the
United States,
[5] was an incident in 1901 during the
Philippine-American War where more than forty American soldiers were killed in a surprise
guerrilla attack in the town of
Balangiga on
Samar island. - to read whole wikipidia article please click
link
On our way back from
Sulangan to our base in
Tacloban City, we made a small detour to visit Balangiga, a small town in the south of Samar. -to read whole article by Hank click
link
'He
directed that Samar be converted into a "howling wilderness." All
persons who have not surrendered and were capable of carrying arms were
to be shot. Who was capable? Anyone over ten years of age, according
to Smith. At this point he became better known as Jake "Howling"
Smith.
What followed was a sustained and widespread killing of Filipino civilians.'
Victor Nebrida
© 1997 by Victor Nebrida and PHGLA
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by Victor Nebrida
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