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	Eastern Samar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eastern Samar is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region.
		Bordering the province to the north is Northern Samar and to the west is Samar province.
		Eastern Samar faces the Philippine Sea to the east, and Leyte Gulf to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Samar (87 words)

	Balangiga, Eastern Samar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Balangiga is a 5th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines.
		The municipality is the site of the Balangiga Attack which triggered the Balangiga Massacre.
		This incident during the Philippine-American War remains one of the longest-running and most controversial issues between the Philippines and the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balangiga,_Eastern_Samar (98 words)

	Balangiga rings bells in austere times
		The officially called "Balangiga Encounter" refers to the local event in the morning of Saturday, Sept. 28, 1901, when some 500 native fighters mostly armed with bolos staged a successful attack on soldiers of Company C, 9th US Infantry Regiment, who were mostly eating or lining up for breakfast in their garrison in the town.
		Aside from the population loss, the Samar campaign resulted in massive devastation of the rural economic base in terms of hundreds of burned houses, destroyed native boats, and slaughtered carabaos, the Filipinos' draft animals.
		In an interview with the Inquirer, Balangiga Mayor Catalina M. Camenforte hoped that the US government would take the initiative to have the bells in Wyoming returned to her town in the spirit of peace and reconciliation.
	www.geocities.com /rolborr/vinbalaustere.html (987 words)

	Eastern Samar: Borongan and Balangiga
		Presently, the seat of a diocese, Borongan on Samar’s eastern coast was a dependency of Palapag.
		In 1854, Balangiga was a visita of Guiuan and remained so until it was separated from its mother parish by the decree of 3 Aprilof this year.
		In 1859, 27 Sept., Balangiga was established as a parish in accordance with an episcopal decree of 1 April 1854.
	www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/r8_borongiga.html (465 words)

	Balangiga yearns for Freedom Bells - Sept. 28, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar-Hope still runs high among residents of this town that the church bells taken from the belfry here by American soldiers 101 years ago will be returned on time.
		The diocese has embarked on a separate effort to convince the Cheyenne Diocese that the bells are the property of the Balangiga church and thus could not be taken as spoils of war.
		Many of the residents are hoping that the bells will be given back to Samar, although a few are resigned to the fact that they will not see the historic bells during their lifetime.
	www.inq7.net /gbl/2002/sep/28/gbl_2-1.htm (874 words)

	Balangiga Massacre
		The event, known in history as the Balangiga Massacre, was described by the US military as its "worst single defeat" in the Philippines and among the worst defeats in its entire history.
		The Filipino victory in Balangiga was followed by a shameful episode that the US government has not yet regretted nor apologized for.
		The Balangiga Massacre is popularly associated with three church bells of varying sizes, all taken as "war trophies" and brought to the US.
	www.geocities.com /rolborr/balmas.html (535 words)

	Bishop seeks help of Bush for Balangiga bells' return - Sept. 13, 2003
		BORONGAN, Eastern Samar-Bishop Leonardo Medroso of the Diocese of Borongan has taken the initiative to seek the return of the bells of Balangiga town, Eastern Samar that were taken as war trophies by American soldiers in 1901.
		With Balangiga under his jurisdiction, Medroso said he has the responsibility also to assume the initiative to have the bells returned to where they really belong--to the people of Balangiga.
		Lawyer Floro Balato Jr., Eastern Samar provincial administrator, told the Inquirer that the highlight of this year's celebration is the inauguration of the Balangiga Encounter Monument in Balangiga town.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2003/sep/13/reg_1-1.htm (659 words)

	04sep28-Balingaga bells toll
		The attackers were protesting the starvation forced on them by the destruction or seizure of their food stocks, the rounding of about 80 villagers for forced labor and detained in crowded cells with little food and water, and their having been humiliated by the foreign intruders.
		NEW SAMAR: We are supposed to be in Balangiga today with Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone, a media colleague, to join his constituents in marking this day and using it as a jumpoff point to a more progressive future.
		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.
	www.manilamail.com /archive/sep2004/04sep28.htm (2877 words)

	Bayan Muna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		WHEREAS the bells of the Balangiga church were rung by the town's chief of police at 6:30 a.m.
		WHEREAS of the 74 men of Company C, 36 were killed during the swift attack (including all commissioned officers), 8 of the wounded died later during the escape by bancas to Basey town, 4 were missing and presumed dead.
		WHEREAS according to Bishop Leonardo Medroso of the Diocese of Borongan, to which the Parish of Balangiga belongs, the bells were the property of the Roman Catholic church in Balangiga when they were taken by the American forces.
	www.bayanmuna.net /legislation/reso/285.htm (818 words)

	SAMAR OF '02
		More than 100 years ago, on Sept. 28, 1901, 74 American soldiers died in Balangiga at the hands of several hundred Filipino rebels, who lost 50 of their own number on the spot; when the Americans took their revenge, cutting a swath of fire and destruction across the island, many thousands more Filipinos died.
		This was the challenge and the burden Gil and I had taken on: transforming the Balangiga Encounter into a movie.
		Balangiga a century after its trademark event has a population of around 11,000, and it seems quiet, even mildly prosperous, with dust rising constantly from all the concreting being done to its streets.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/02/tl/tl001657.htm (901 words)

	Church of the Nazarene Phils. FEB 2004 Newsletter
		Balangiga, Eastern Samar - "It is better to give than to receive (Acts 20:35)." This is the biblical principle that served as Balangiga Church of the Nazarene's backbone when they started the children's feeding program in the community of Cansumangcay, about three kilometers east of this town.
		Wenceslao Gallardo, Eastern Visayas District Superintendent, is equally joyful about the move of the Balangiga local congregation.
		"Balangiga church desires and are praying that this ministry will be enhanced into a larger scale," Dado admits.
	www.nazarene.org.ph /newsletter/feb2004/feeding.html (549 words)

	Gugma member elected FPOP top post
		- On May 8, 2005, the Diocese of Borongan and the Balangiga Parish launched a petition addressed to the Helsinki Commission, the United States Congress and to President Bush calling for the return of the Balangiga church bells that were removed in 1901.
		Also in attendance of the meeting was Jean Wall, the daughter of Private Gamlin, a soldier who survived the ordeal in Balangiga.
		The general public is welcomed to electronically sign the petition and make a special thanks to the Wyoming Veterans’ Commission, simply go to http://www.petitiononline.com/bells05/ Comments are welcomed but please avoid using inflammatory language.
	gugma.samarnews.net /news/news1.htm (398 words)

	Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel : News : VOLUNTARY RETURN OF ONE BALANGIGA BELL BY U.S. SEEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Last year, the Senate approved Senate Resolution 393, authored by Pimentel urging the Arroyo administration to undertake formal negotiations with the US for the return of the Balangiga bells to the parish church of Balangiga, Eastern Samar.
		Pimentel said the US does not need the Balangiga bells except to remind itself of its colonial rule in the Philippines and its use of military might to subjugate freedom-loving Filipinos.
		Wright was one of the American servicemen killed in the bloody Balangiga skirmishes.
	www.nenepimentel.org /news/20031002_Balangiga.asp (577 words)

	PIA News Releases
		She further believes that the rather elderly soldier is convinced that the booties must be returned to where they rightfully belongs.
		Meanwhile, Bob Coutie, Chairman of the U.S based Balangiga Bells Research Group revealed that all they need to meet at the moment are endorsements coming from three key U.S. agencies to finally win the "war": These documents will come from the State Department, the Department of Defense and the White House.
		History tells that it was only in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines, where the Americans were defeated in that 1901 Filipino-American war.
	feeds.philippinesnews.net /?rid=328f4ed136bba7dc&... (405 words)

	PHNO: Hometown News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The construction of the belfry was announced by a multi-sectoral committee tasked by President Ramos to install the historic church bells which the national government is negotiating to be returned from a military base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
		The facade of the Balangiga church will be improved to complement the new belfry, which will be put up in time for the centennial celebration of Philippine independence on June 12.
		In retaliation, the Americans attacked Balangiga, destroyed the whole town killing most of the 5,000 inhabitants, and took the bells as war trophies.
	www.newsflash.org /199804/ht/ht000354.htm (247 words)

	Samar Island charity programs began in Calbayog City undertaken by U.S.A.-SAMAR (Phils.) Educational & Cultural ...
		USSECF Samar Chapter Recipients of Humanitarian Aid Program – Started in 1998, Calbayog City became the recipient of medical equipments and medical supplies from the Mercy Hospital and Red Cross of Sacramento, California.
		An estimated 100 hectares of the sorrounding seas and shoreline of Brgy.
		Malajog, was officially declared as "Malajog Mariculture Zone", the first of its kind in Samar Island, and in Eastern Visayas Region.
	stkitts.globat.com /~ussecf.com/sponsors.html (802 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		By NESTOR L. TACLOBAN CITY — Three fishermen were reported missing after a "baby tornado" struck the coastal town of Balangiga, Eastern Samar last Tuesday night, a belated report stated.
		Ramon Aspa of the Coast Guard Station said he and his men were conducting search-and-rescue operation to save three other fishermen who have been reported missing shortlty after the baby tornado hit the area.
		The three missing fishers and the six rescued fishermen were fishing at about 10 Tuesday night in the Balangiga sea when they were battered by strong winds that caused their fishing boats to capsize.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/07/31/PROV2005073140749.html (220 words)

	The Filipino Express Online
		The Balangiga incident itself occurred in the middle of the the Philippine War of Independence following the refusal of then-president William McKinley to recognize Philippine independence.
		Townspeople in Balangiga attacked and defeated a garrison of the 9th Infantry, killing two thirds of the American soldiers.
		Later the town was burned and the commander of US forces on the island ordered the killing of everyone over the age of ten.
	www.filipinoexpress.com /19/16_news.html (2123 words)

	Map of Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines Philippines \| Multimap.com
		Map of Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines Philippines
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		These locations are nearest as the crow flies, but may not be nearest by road.
	www.multimap.com /wi/33388.htm (65 words)

	September Festivals
		The people of Iligan honor their patron saint Señor San Miguel Arkangel.
		Re-enactment of the Balangiga encounter between the Americans and the Filipinos in 1901.
		A centuries-old religious and cultural festival based on the life of St. Michael and the triumph of good over evil.
	www.gopilipinas.com /magazine/Fiesta/September2.htm (359 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - kylian74's Balangiga Travel Page
		Travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures on Balangiga
		B a l a n g i g a, Eastern Samar
		Balangiga sure looks like my kind of place!
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/452d8/1585ce (199 words)

	July Events - Philippine Hotels and Resorts - TravelMart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It aims to give a glimpse of what happens in the various provinces, and provides a venue for the region to sell their tour packages, products and open their doors to business opportunities.
		September 28 / Balangiga, Eastern Samar (1 hour 15 minutes from Manila to Tacloban City by air; 1 hour 30 minutes from Tacloban City to Balangiga by land)
		Commemorates the Balangiga Massacre, an event that drove a wedge between Filipino-American relations.
	www.travelmart.net /philippines/julyevents.html (2891 words)

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