Philippines research

PHILIPPINES

1521-1946 – An expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines in 1521.1565 - The first Spanish settlement by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi on the island of Cebu. 1570s - Legazpi formed the city of Manila. After 300 years of Spanish occupation Spain gave the Philippines to the US in 1898. 12 June 1899 - Partial independence under US rule. The Philippines was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1944. In 1946 the Philippines gained independence. (History Today. June 2013 UK).

16 May 1584 – Santiago de Vera was 6^th governor general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines. (Wikipedia 16 May 2015).

1898-1899 – 15 June 1898 the anti-Imperialist league tried to block US annexation of the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Emilio Aguinaldo the Philippines rebelled against Spanish rule. Constitution and republic 23 Jan 1899. US officers put hundreds of thousand of Filippinos into concentration camps. Atrocity stories of murder, rape and torture. (The untold story of the US. Oliver Stone ©2012 US).

Feb 1901 – US troops 126,000 of whom 4,374 died. Filippinos 20,000 fighters and 200,000 civilians died, many from cholera. Feb 1901 US troops in the Philippines. (The untold story of the US. Oliver Stone ©2012 US).

Dec 1941 – Japanese planes attacked the Philippines from bases in Taiwan. (We know now. John Lewis Gaddis ©1997 US).

1942 – American soldiers, POWs at Bataan Philippines in 1942. The Japanese Kempeitai killed thousands of people. (Japan’s Gestapo. Mark Felton. ©2009 UK).

2 Jan 1942 – Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines. (Chch Star NZ 2 Jan 2015 Today in history).

6 May 1942 – 31 Jan 1945 – On 6 May 1942 American forces on the Philippine island of Corregido surrendered to the Japanese. Thousands of the American servicemen were taken prisoner of war, on 31 Jan 1945, US and Filipino troops were freed, the remaining 50 American prisoners. (Ancestry July August 2007 p28).

July 1942 – The “Montevideo maru” from Rabaul in July 1942, 1,000 Australian POWs. The ship was torpedoed and sunk by an American submarine off Luzon in the Philippines. None of the prisoners survived. (Japans Gestapo. Mark Felton ©2009 UK).

20 Oct 1944 – MacArthur waded ashore on the island of Leyte in the Philippines. (Japans Gestapo. Mark Felton (c)2009 UK).

14 Dec 1944 – American POWs, 140 were burned alive by the Japanese Kempeitai at Puerto Princesa camp on the Philippine island of Palawan. (Japans Gestapo. Mark Felton ©2009 UK).

10 Oct 1945 – War crimes. The murder of two American POWs at Cebu city. (Japans Gestapo. Mark Felton ©2009 UK).

23 Sept 1972 – Philippines pres Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of emergency and martial law. (Today in history. Chch Star NZ. 23 Sept 2015).

mid 1970s – Australians Lennie McPherson and George Freeman. Sex slavery and casinos. Philippines and New Guinea. (Smack express. Clive Small ©2010 Australia).

8 April 1983 – Stephen Foley. NSW report shows link with Marcos relatives. The Age Melbourne Australia.

1984-88 – More than $7 million cash was smuggled into the Philippines over four years. $15 million of Australian Danny Chubb cash was sent to the Philippines and hidden money. (Smack express. Clive Small ©2010 Australia).

15 June 1991 – Mount Pinatubo, 55 miles north of Manila, which was dormant for 600 years, erupted and threw millions of tons of ash 50,000 feet into the air. Tropical rains turned the ash into mud, causing landslides which killed 550 people and destroyed 50,000 acres of land, so half a million people lost their income. (Bad times in history. Roland C Barker ©2001 US).

16 July 1991 – 2,000 people were killed in a 7.6 earthquake. Rapture ready.

4 Nov 1991 – Imelda Marcos returned from exile to the Philippines. She was arrested the next day for tax fraud and corruption. She was then released on $6,400 bail. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 4 Nov 2015).

1995 – Child sex tourism. ITV network. Tim Tate. Philippines children brought and sold for sex and killed. Father Shay Cullen tried to help them. Trade in child sex. Marilyn Cutts.

7 Nov 1999 – Philippines police arrest Chinese on big drug seizure. BBC. By a Hong Kong based drug syndicate.

2000 – Undocumented women and girls, sex slaves “disappeared” supply and demand .traffickers are associated with the Bamana military regime. (Sex slaves. Louise Brown ©2000 UK).

2000 – Parents selling their children, poverty is not consent. When mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted it displaced thousands of people from their homes. (Sex slaves. Louise Brown ©2000 UK).

28 March 2001 – Mass graves found in the Philippines. The Statesman New Delhi. Eight mass graves found. At Misamis Oriental, skeletal remains from shallow graves in Mindanao.

29 March 2001 – Women children in eight mass graves. The Australian. Victims of communists. Town in Misamis oriental.

2007 – br Francis William Perkins, a Christian brother in the Philippines, there to form a second Christian brothers Catholic community.

2008 – A history of the Philippines. Samuel K Tan. Google books.

31 March 2009 – Missing person when 10 years old. Female. Micca Zephyrijna Marayama. Japanese Philipppines Now 16 years old. Interpol.

6 Feb 2012 – 13 people were killed in a 6.7 earthquake in Negros Cebu. (Aljazeera 15 Oct 2013).

6 Feb 2012 – 6.7 earthquake in Negros Cebu killing 113 people (ABC Australia 6 Feb 2013).

31 Aug 2012 – 7.6 earthquake and tsunami. Timeline of earthquakes.

6 Dec 2012 – Missing person when one year old. Kayla Tiffi, now 3 years old. Interpol.

15 Oct 2013 – 7.1 earthquake in Bohol island 32 people were killed. (Aljazeera 15 Oct 2013).

15 Oct 2013 – 7.2 earthquake 171 people were killed in Bohol island. Timeline of Earthquakes.

Nov 2013 – The biggest humanitarian catastrophe in 2013 was typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. 7,500 people died or went missing and more than 4 million people were made homeless. (The Economist. March April 2014).

14 Nov 2013 – Typhoon Haiyan, victims buried in mass graves, children.

6 Jan 2014 – Mass graves widespread and begging. Save the children. David Brickey. Bloomer. Child Asia.

16 Jan 2014 – International paedophile ring. Internet web sex ring. Children in the Philippines. Manila, streamed live sex abuse of Filipino children over the web, internet.

16 Jan 2014 – International paedophile ring. Origins in Northamptonshire UK. Northamptonshire Chron.co.uk. Organised live streaming of child abuse over the internet from the Philippines.

16 Jan 2014 – Over 100 British were in the international paedophile ring. Daily Mail UK. They streamed live child abuse from the Philippines. Policed tacking them from child porn videos.

17 Jan 2014 – International paedophile ring busted. International Business Times. Live streamed child sex abuse from the Philippines.

17 Jan 2014 – International paedophile ring, streamed live child sex from the Philippines. International business times. Paedophiles in 14 countries.

30 Jan 2014 – International paedophilre ring smashed. Stuff.co.nz. Four children were rescued. Police and a paedophile ring UK.

21 June 2014 – Rice price hikes, no end seen. Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer.

25 June 2014 – Australian arrested for human trafficking. ABC CBN news. Edgar Escalante Manila. Rescue of 15 children victims, 11 girls and 4 boys. Children’s legal bureau Cyber porn and kids.

25 June 2014 – Sunstar.com Philippines. Cordova cops arrest foreigner and rescue 15 minors. Kevin M Lagunda. A 50 year old Australian was involved in online pornography, 4 boys and 11 girls on Facebook. The victims, children are in custody and are being punished by psychological testing.

10 July 2014 – Beware of the rice mafia. Philippines news agency. Agriculture Proceso Alcaola, rice mafia control supply and demand of rice.

11 July 2014 – Newsweek. Child abuse and politicians goes right to the heart of the British establishment. Andrew Gimson. Cover up. Parliament and public figures. In 1983 Geoffrey Dickens, a Conservative MP who is now dead. He compiled a dossier of 8 high profile. Leon Britten. Destroyed 114 files.

23 July 2014 – Children’s mass graves in Tanauan south of Tacloban. YouTube. Gegepilot. After typhoon Yolanda.

14 Aug 2014 – Stalking cyber paedophiles 101 east al Jazeera. Children in the Philippines are exploited by child sex predators who lurk online.

19 Sept 2014 – 43 people accused of in a cybersex ring in the Philippines. Washington Post. Online cybersex worldwide.

21 Sept 2014 – A series of earthquakes destroyed 17 houses and damaged 66 other houses in the Southern Philippines, injured. Mynextfone.

21 Sept 2014 – An earthquake destroyed houses. Arab news. Manila a series of quakes destroyed 17 houses and damaged 66 others in a southern Philippines town. Three people were injured. The weather network.

21 Sept 2014 – Storm leaves 200,000 people homeless. Reuters Manila. Storm Fung Wong five people were killed and massive flooding.

23 Sept 2014 – Reni M Valenzuela. Corruption is cruelty in government service. Inquirer.net. Crookedness in government and society. Corruption is among the worst forms of cruelty in government service.

6 Oct 2014 – Fair Traders urge the Philippine president to stop child sex tourism. Sex tourism and child porn, paedophiles. Catholic news.

15 Oct 2014 – Three Communist rebels and two soldiers were killed in four encounters. Raids northern Luzon and Davao. Philippine Star.

17 Oct 2014 – A Communist was nabbed in Davao. A Communist leader who was wanted for robbery and murder was arrested in Tagum city Davao. Global Post. Philippine Star.

23 Oct 2014 – 6 people were rescued from human trafficking. Zamboanga city. 6 females, five minors in a karaoke bar in Zamboanga del sur town. Philippine Star.

8 Nov 2014 – Adding more police will just spawn more corruption. 3,000 more police. Philippines intel says the “system” is corrupt. Inquirer.net.

8 Nov 2014 – Haiyan victims are still waiting for aid. Central Philippines 7,000 people dead or missing and many lost their homes in Haiyan. Gulf news UAE.

4 Dec 2014 – Flights were cancelled and evacuations begin as typhoon Hagupit nears landfall on Saturday, tomorrow. Chris Larano in Manila.

5 Dec 2014 – The weather is very ugly, 32 million people in the Philippines are in the path of super typhoon Hagupit. The Philippines was devastated by super typhoon Haiyan last year. Last year’s storm killed more than 7,000 people in November 2013. NBC news. M Alex Johnson.

6 Dec 2014 – Typhoon Hagupit is heading menacingly to the Philippines. Asia news. Wall Street Journal.

19 Dec 2014 – Filipino officials and the breaking up of an international paedophile ring. Global news.ca.

21 Dec 2014 – Poe backs wiretapping politicians and government officials to catch corruption. Leila B Salaverria. Philippine Daily Inquirer.

30 Dec 2014 – An AirAsia zest plane overshoots airport runway in the Philippines. 159 passengers, Manila and crew. No injuries. ABC news. AP.

1 Jan 2015 – Huge fire destroys hundreds of Philippine shanties in a slum in Manila. TVNZ One news.

1 Jan 2015 – British paedophile Douglas Slade, aged 73, is to be extradited from the Philippines. He is founder of child sex group, Paedophile Info Exchange PIE. He was sex abusing boys from a school opposite his home in Angeles in the Philippines. Daily Mail.

14 Jan 2015 – Children are being caged, orphans and street children in Manila are being starved, beggars. (Simon Parry. Mail Online).

17 Jan 2015 – The Pope tells the Philippines to end corruption and hear the cries of the poor. Yahoo news.

22 Jan 2015 – A Danish man was arrested for human trafficking in the Philippines. A 54 year old Danish man and a 34 year old Filipino man were charged with human trafficking in Cebu Philippines. (The Copenhagen Post.)

27 Jan 2015 – More than 40 Philippine police were killed in clashes, in an 11 hour firefight with Muslim rebels. Daily Mail.

31 March 2015 – Typhoon Maysak is heading towards the Philippines. It could be as bad as cyclone Pam. ABC online.

26 March 2015 – The Dutch and the Philippines signed a child sex tourism, human trafficking accord. (New York Times. Janene van Jaarsveldt).

18 May 2015 – The Philippines is open to sheltering 3,000 boat people. The Philippines will help save boat people. The Philippines will protect genuine asylum seekers. The Philippines cant just ignore migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.. (Doj De Lima. Business world online. Rappler. Philippine Star. DE Lima. GMA news).

9 Oct 2015 – Ten inmates die in fire at a Philippines maximum security prison. The fire destroyed a dorm in the central Philippines. It was the second fire in two years. (Leyte Roberto Olaguer. NZ Herald. Reuters. Canada. TVNZ).

9 Oct 2015 – Fire sweeps through a Philippines prison killing 10 prisoners. Manila. Reuters. OpFreeWorld. Twitter.

17 Oct 2015 – Evacuations as typhoon Koppu approaches. Disaster for the flood prone northern Philippines. Evacuate ahead of typhoon Koppu, heavy rain and high winds. ABC news Australia. Daily Times.

17 Oct 2015 – Typhoon Koppu heads the the Philippines. The northern island of Luzon. Twitter. Your Anon Facts.

19 Oct 2015 – A 5.7 earthquake was reported in Mindoro. EMSC.

19 Oct 2015 – Typhoon Koppu hits the northern Philippines. Destroying homes and leaving 16,000 people homeless. Manila bay. Stuff.co.nz.

21 Oct 2015 – Immigration New Zealand and visa fraud, corruption involving Philippino farm workers. Radio NZ.

21 Oct 2015 – Three Chinese diplomats were shot in the Philippines. Two fatally. At a restaurant in Cebu city. Consul general. Two Chinese nationals Li Qing Li and his wife Guo Jing. Time. BBC UK. Nash Jenkins. Song Ronghua.

22 Oct 2015 – Government meeting on rice importation after typhoon Koppu destroyed rice crops in the Philippines. Business world.