How a day of defeat became ‘Araw ng Kagitingan’

What great irony it is for the Imperial Japanese invaders to call the defeat of the Philippine and the American Army as “Araw ng Kagitingan.”

Jovito Salonga: Pasigueño, Guerilla, Blast Survivor, Senate President

“The Nation’s Fiscalizer” was the title that the Philippines Free Press had given this rising vocal senator in 1968 who has voiced his opposition on the growing authoritarian ways of the Marcos administration in every step of the way. His oratory skills in the Senate floor was legendary. He was but among the several cacophony…