Church leaders said it would be “disrespectful” to keep any of the three bells outside Balangiga town in Eastern Samar, where they belong. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, who filed a resolution asking to display one of the bells in the National Museum, said the clergy were being “arrogant” in their statement. Zubiri resolutionUS officials formally handed over the three bells to the Philippines on Tuesday upon their arrival in Manila. But how arrogant are they to say that this is disrespecting the history of our country?” he told reporters. “We’re just asking it to be lent to the National Museum so that more Filipino people would know the history of our country,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 13, 2018 21:33 UTC