Balangiga bells to arrive on Dec 11
BY THE MANILA TIMES
DECEMBER 03, 2018
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THE Department of National Defense (DND) announced on Monday that the Balangiga bells would be arriving on December 11.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the announcement during the joint regional development council meeting in Ormoc City, saying the DND will be receiving the bells at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City to be met with a “simple” turnover ceremony, based on a television report.
DND spokesman Arsenio Andolong also confirmed that the bells would be flown in by US Air Force plane.
A source from the Philippine Air Force (PAF), who requested anonymity, told The Manila Times that it would be the Philippine Air Force (PAF) who would fly the bells to Samar and turn them over to the archdiocese on December 15, which President Rodrigo Duterte will witness. DEMPSEY REYES