29.4 C
Iloilo City
Friday, February 21, 2025
Home Opinion Flowers for Lolas

Flowers for Lolas

Filipina comfort women say ‘no’ to war

“WE WILL continue to renounce war because we do not want the next generation to experience what we went through.” Filipina comfort woman Lola Estelita...

Remembering the 1945 Rape of Manila

“The non-combatant victims of that tragic battle will remain forever in the hearts and minds of the Filipino people”. This is part of the inscription penned...

Japan uses economic assistance to avoid comfort women issue

JAPAN seeks to avoid the international issue of comfort women in the Philippines and other countries, including China, Taiwan and South Korea through the...

Comfort women statues reminders of Japanese wartime atrocities

SEOUL, South Korea – The gaze of the “Statue of Peace” is a reminder that the comfort women’s shameful and negative memories should not...

Three decades of Filipina comfort women’s fight for justice

A MASS and flowers were offered on Saturday at the Redemptorist Church grounds in Baclaran, Parañaque to mark the 30th anniversary of the Filipina comfort women’s fight for...

Saga of WWII women victims of sexual slavery and violence

LOLA Isabelita Viduya died on Nov. 23, 2021 at age of 89 due to pneumonia, the same day the unfortunate event called “Mapanique Siege” happened in 1944. Lola Isabelita is...

Remembering veteran journalist Melo Acuna and the comfort women

THE RECENT death of veteran journalist Melo Acuna coincided with the anniversary of the disappearance of the â€œLola” comfort woman statue two years ago, an...