Sept. 27, 1973The islands comprising the Tawi-Tawi group were separated from the territorial jurisdiction of Sulu province to create a new province, called Tawi-Tawi, through Presidential Decree No. Sept. 28, 1901Hundreds of native fighters armed with bolos staged an attack on American troops stationed in the town of Balangiga in Eastern Samar. A day later, US reinforcement troops killed residents and turned the town into a “howling wilderness.” This became known as the Balangiga Massacre. ADVERTISEMENTThe Americans later took the Balangiga bells as war booty. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, while the other bell is at Camp Red Cloud in South Korea.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 22, 2018 21:22 UTC