During the Philippine-American War, U.S. troops seized three bells as war trophies. Now the U.S. has flown them back. U.S. Returns Balangiga Church Bells To The Philippines After More Than A Century ...

Three war-trophy church bells seized by U.S. troops more than a century ago were returned to the Philippines Tuesday morning, according to reports, following the controversial decision to repatriate ...

'They belong in the church, not in a museum,' says the Catholic Church in Borongan, which owns the historic Balangiga Bells MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic Church denounced a proposal to transfer ...

The passage of more than a century has failed to quell the passion attached to three bronze church bells that were commandeered by American soldiers as trophies of war during a bloody conflict in the ...

BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar — After 117 long years, the historic church bells of Balangiga in Eastern Samar were brought home to end one of the darkest chapters of history between the United States and ...

The United States will return the historic Bells of Balangiga to a Philippines church, more than a century after they were seized by American troops during a war between the two countries. In 1901, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Priests were allegedly asked to leave the turnover of the Balangiga bells on Saturday, according to a Facebook post by the Diocese of Borongan. The diocese said priests, ...

The people of Balangiga, a sleepy town in Eastern Samar province, have not forgotten how their ancestors fought for their freedom 115 years ago. And they are apparently smarting from the lessons of ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — After President Rodrigo Duterte, in his State of the Nation Address last July, demanded the United States to return the historic bells of Balangiga church in Eastern Samar ...

BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar—When this town remembers the 116th anniversary of the Balangiga encounter on September 28, church bells will be rung, but the toll may not be as clear as it was over a century ...

After waiting more than a century for the United States to return a trio of church bells looted during the Philippine-American war, a Catholic parish on the Philippines island of Samar will finally be ...

After a 117-year hiatus, the iconic church bells of a central Philippines town will ring in the country once again, ending one of the most contentious quarrels between the United States and the ...