The Rapture of the Philippines

In every scar, there lies a story. For I am a Filipino defending my country.

Jiw Prudente

The Result

Japanese men would take Filipino women and use them for their own comfort... what would happen to them after that?

Celine Roque

Do As They Say

The Japanese were so powerful and violent that one mistake against them could mean death.

Celine Roque

Japayuki

Due to poverty, Filipinas work as entertainers and sometimes, as prostitutes in Japan to earn a living.


Regine Ong

My Child

A number of Filipino children were taken away from their families helplessly as they were not provided with a chance to choose their future.

Jiw Prudente
Francine Landrito

Prohibited

You can see everything but you can't do anything.

Denise Esteves

Heed

Whenever her children feel pain, thy mother land whimpers and sheds her tears for them.

Jiw Prudente

Drowning

During the invasion, the Filipinos were in a period as if they were drowning. They stood immovable between an epoch where they are living and dying at the same time.

Jiw Prudente

Our Flag

Friend or foe, to whom do you turn to?


Denise Esteves

A Woman's Role

A Filipina stands before her enemy with teary eyes.

Jen Alviz

Punishment

As he receives his brutal blows, a flame of hope still lingers.

Jen Alviz

The Attack

"Manila feels the mailed fist of the invader."

Jen Alviz

Agony

She seeks freedom but she cannot escape the fate our country holds.

Jen Alviz