Maria Quilantang was one of the lucky ones. To this day, she can still remember the sound of warplanes and the footsteps of Japanese soldiers as they stormed her village in central Philippines.
Lawyers representing Philippine women forced to work as sex slaves by Japan during World War II urged Manila Friday to pay them compensation, after a United Nations' committee called on the government to provide them with "reparations".
Petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 have appealed to the Supreme Court to take another look at the feared law, citing the “deadly consequences” of its implementation.