MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 April) – It’s been seventy years since the Death March that followed the defeat of the combined US and Filipino forces in the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army, the sec ond humiliation of the American military after Pearl Harbor.[]/a> with |||
So strange and revolting that our own Supreme Court had to go to the extent of handing down a dubious jurisprudence to perpetuate a grave injustice against our Lolas.
Meanwhile, many other Filipinas, driven mainly by poverty, have become contemporary comfort women. History does not repeat itself; injustice does. (H. Marcos C. Mordeno writes mainly on the environment, human rights and politics. He can be reached at hmcmordeno@gmail.com)
