The Manananggal, a creature steeped in Philippine folklore, has haunted the imaginations of Filipinos for centuries. This mythical being, whose name derives from the Tagalog word “tanggal,” meaning “to remove,” is notorious for its ability to...
Beautiful entertainer brought by General Douglas MacArthur to Washington in 1930 and secretly installed as his mistress. They eventually broke up, and she committed suicide in Hollywood in 1960. (In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines - Stanley Karnow)
