Rogelie Ardosa Catacutan was born and raised in Negros Oriental, Philippines and is currently based in Cebu City where she graduated with a degree in Nursing at the University of San Jose–Recoletos. Catacutan started her pageant career at an early age of seven and have been successful with school and city competitions. After moving to Cebu for college, she got into modelling and eventually garnered accomplishments on more prestigious beauty pageants with titles namely Miss Cebu 2010 3rd runner-up, Reyna ng Aliwan 2011 and Miss World Philippines 2011 top 12 finalist. After a 3-year hiatus, she competed for another national pageant, Miss Casino Filipino 2014 and won the crown.
As we celebrate the 117th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence, we invite you to watch the first episode of KALAYAAN, a 3-part documentary series on the West Philippine Sea.
Kalayaan, Karapatan sa Karagatan
Tulad ng ating mga bayani, kaya mo bang manindigan para sa Pilipinas? Muli tayong tinatawag upang magkaisa para sa bayan, para sa dagat at sa mga yamang tubig na ipinamana sa atin. Panoorin at i-share ang video na ito. Ngayong Araw ng Kalayaan, sama-sama tayong tumindig at manindigan para sa ating Karapatan sa Karagatan.
The battle for the liberation of Manila—waged from February 3 to March 3, 1945, between Philippine and American forces, and the Imperial Japanese forces—is widely considered to be one of the greatest tragedies of the Second World War. One hundred thousand men, women, and children perished. Architectural heritage was reduced to rubble—the City of Manila was the second most devastated Allied capital of World War II.
“The destruction of Manila was one of the greatest tragedies of World War II. Of Allied capitals in those war years, only Warsaw suffered more. Seventy percent of the utilities, 75 percent of the factories, 80 percent of the southern residential district, and 100 percent of the business district was razed.”
— William Manchester, author and historian, in American Caesar
“We remember them, nor shall we ever forget.”
— National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, on the lives taken during the Battle of Manila, in the inscription of the Memorare Manila 1945 Monument in Intramuros
Liberation: Battle of Manila
A short documentary on the Battle of Manila, waged from February 3 to March 3, 1945, to liberate the Philippines after three years of Imperial Japanese occupation.
This documentary was produced by the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office and the Presidential Museum and Library, in partnership with Memorare Manila 1945 Foundation, National Museum of the Philippines, Filipinas Heritage Library, Lopez Museum and Library, and the Ortigas Foundation Library.
Historical photos set against contemporary counterparts, superimposed, colorized, and relevant to our understanding of Manila’s changing landscape brought by World War II.
Filipino guerrillas played a vital role in the liberation of the country. See the guerrilla groups’ involvement in the Second World War, which led to the defeat of Imperial Japanese forces in 1945.
Unclassified maps and sketches from the U.S. Army, illustrating the strategic planning undertaken during the battle for the liberation of Manila in 1945.
