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The William A. Jones Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Jones Bridge, is an arched girder bridge that spans the Pasig River in the City of Manila, Philippines.
Jones Bridge Massacre (Task Force Clabio) is a 1989 Filipino crime action film based on an ambush on the Jones Bridge on June 8, 1989, in which two policemen were killed.
Jan 12, 2019 · Gracefully spanning Manila’s Pasig River, Jones Bridge was completed in 1921 (left); in 1945, Japan destroyed it (right) and other bridges, forcing American soldiers to cross by assault boat. (Left: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy; Right: National Archives)
Nov 25, 2019 · Despite the buzz surrounding the return of the La Madre Filipina statues on Jones Bridge in Manila, few people are talking about why they were originally put there, and most important, that the bridge itself is more than a bridge, but a monument to Philippine independence.
The bridge served as the backdrop for the 1989 film Jones Bridge Massacre: Task Force Clabio (starring Lito Lapid) which was based on real-life events. The 2007 Filipino film The Promise has a scene in where Daniel ( Richard Gutierrez ) was tasked to assassinate someone underneath the bridge’s tunnel, although he was unable to do it and sets ...
Jones Bridge, along with most bridges along the Pasig River, was bombed during the Battle of Manila in February 1945. After the war, the bridge was rebuilt in haste without its original Neoclassical decorative features.
Nov 19, 2018 · It’s hard to imagine that a major month-long battle during the second world war – one that devastated a large city, caused more than 100,000 civilian deaths and led to both a historic war crimes...
