DOST to install STARBOOKS at BPSU campuses

CITY of BALANGA, Bataan – Digitizing the university libraries….The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) III on November 19, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) that will enable the latter to digitize the library of its two satellite campuses through adoption of the Science and Technology Academic and […]

Luz Banzon Magsaysay – Chapter 9

Chapter 9   Landslide reelection The second congressional election of the four-year Philippine Republic was held on November 8, 1949. Ramon Magsaysay was the incumbent congressman, not the upstart challenger, being challenged by five other candidates. As such he had  decided advantages. He had given innumerable favors and some jobs to his followers and constituents. […]

Luz Banzon Magsaysay Part 3 of Chapter 7

Chapter 7 3rd of 3 parts Series of raids Also on May 03, the Huks became very hostile towards President Roxas who had started the campaign against them. The Huks fought back with ferocity in the wake of these punitive expeditions of the military. As a result, killings perpetrated by both sides became daily occurences. […]

Luz Banzzon – Chapter 7 2nd of 3 parts

Chapter 7 2nd of 3 parts Congressional campaign The first post-war elections were to be held on April 23, 1946. To be elected at large were the President, the Vice-President, and 16 Senators. Ninety-eight (98) representatives were also to be chosen by congressional district, 96 from the 50 provinces and two from Manila. Zambales was […]

Chapter 7 (1st of 3 parts)

National polls             Under the leadership of President Sergio Osmeña, the national government was reorganized to make it responsive to the imperative needs of the newly-liberated nation. The old Commonwealth Congress was recovened and on June 6, 1945, a  special session was held. In July, the President called Congress to a regular session.             One […]

Luz Banzon Magsaysay part 6 of Chapter 6

Part 6 Restless governor As military governor and district commander, Ramon Magsaysay assigned local guerrillas to US Army units in the towns to serve in various ways. He handpicked his office personnel who were paid by the PCAU. Everyone was a guerrilla except the typist. Magsaysay worked at his office desk only long enough to […]

Luz Banzon Chapter 6 Part 5

Part 5 Bad blood In Manila, the American Liberation forces stopped several Huk squadrons at the corner of Avenida Rizal and Antipolo Street. The Huks were promptly disarmed for entering the city without permission. It was actually the American way of disciplining the Hukbalahaps for not coordinating with the lead Liberation forces. They did not […]

Luz Banzon Magsaysay Part 4 of Chapter 6

Part 4   March to Nueva Vizcaya General Tomoyuki Yamashita’s Shobu Group continued their march towards northern Luzon. On February 1, they proceeded from Natividad, Pangasinan to Kuyapo, Nueva Vizcaya. From there, they breezed past the Binga and Ambuklao Lakes on their way to Adacay, in Benguet Province. The original plan of the Japanese was […]

Luz Banzon Magsaysay – Part 3 of Chapter 6

Part 3 Boone’s arrival It was late in the afternoon when local guerillas led by Colonel John Boone and Guillermo Arcenas showed up at the Layac Junction. They were welcomed by the American contingent. The two guerrilla leaders informed the Americans of the presence of another big Japanese contingent concentrated in the mountains of Bataan, […]

Chapter 6 Part 2 – Luz Banzon Magsaysay

Part 2 Atrocities in Manila In between air raids, the Japanese concentrated in Manila, the Japanese Naval Defense Force under the command of Rear Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, started a series of atrocities against the thousands of the city residents on January 11, Thursday. Men found in the streets were forcibly taken and compelled to work […]