3rd February 1945
With the Americans at the gates of Manila the official Imperial Rule Assistance Association called a “Victory in the Philippines” rally at the Hibiya public… Read More »3rd February 1945
With the Americans at the gates of Manila the official Imperial Rule Assistance Association called a “Victory in the Philippines” rally at the Hibiya public… Read More »3rd February 1945
The government still cannot make up its mind whether or not to bother issuing clothing-ration coupons this year, reports the Asahi. For months now it… Read More »2nd February 1945
Beginning today the prices of firewood and charcoal will be raised 40 and 35 per cent respectively.
Sometime in the middle of last year it was decided to establish a central bank in the Philippines which would issue “Republic notes”, redeem the… Read More »31st January 1945
The 1944 rice crop is below average….. The distribution of fish rations will be made every six days from now on, instead of every four….… Read More »30th January 1945
I went through the combed area downtown today, riding a streetcar, the only way to get past the police cordon. Several buildings were still smoking… Read More »29th of January 1945
When we came up out of our basement yesterday afternoon everything looked the same as usual except that there were fewer people on the streets.… Read More »28th of January 1945
At noon the sirens blew the air-raid alarm, the short blasts sounding like quick choking gasps while we hurried breathlessly down to the basement. It… Read More »27th of January 1945
Today I heard an amusing and pointed story about two of the Filipino cadets in the local military academy, boys chosen after rigid and meticulous… Read More »26th January 1945