Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett
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Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett (April 6, 1913, Bayombong, Cagayan Valley, Philippines – November 11, 1990, Rosemead, California, USA) was the outspoken editor of the Manila Bulletin before and during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.[1][better source needed]
Imprisonment[]
For 13 months prior to liberation of the Philippines by combined American and Filipino forces in 1945, Bennett was imprisoned and tortured in Santo Tomas Internment Camp and Fort Santiago by the Japanese for his writings opposing the military expansion of the Japanese Empire.[2] His refusal to cooperate with the Japanese occupiers, who desired to use the newspapers as a propaganda organ under their censorship, became symbolic motivation to Filipinos to intensify their resistance.[3][better source needed]
Family background[]
Bennett was one of four children of Roy DeWitt Bennett (1884–1968)[4] and Josefa Camaguian Cutaran Bennett (1884–1949).[5][better source needed] Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett's sister Helen Cutaran Bennett became Foreign Secretary for Philippine President Elpidio Quirino.[6][better source needed]
Notes[]
- ^ Magno-Veluz, Mona (2011-03-02). "Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett (1913–1990)". Geni. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ "Modern marvels". History Channel (Torture devices). 2012-10-29.
- ^ "The Bennetts' noble legacy to Filipinos". Missosology: The Science of Beauty. 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-12-19. That article contains other information on the Bennetts, who descended from George Washington's bodyguard Rufus Bennett (1754-1842).
- ^ "Bios of notable Thomasites". Angkan Pilipino. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ Magno-Veluz, Mona (2011-03-02). "Josefa Camaguian Cutaran Bennett (1884–1949)". Geni. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ^ Ocampo, Michael (2009-06-01). "80.1936, Miss Luzon, Miss Visayas, Miss Mindanao". Manila carnivals 1908-39: A pictorial history of the "Greatest Annual Event in the Orient". Retrieved 2012-10-30. Helen Cutaran Bennett had also been selected Miss Visayas in the 1936 pageant. She was born in 1911 and was still alive as of 2009.
- 1913 births
- 1968 deaths
- Filipino newspaper editors
- Filipino torture victims
- People from Nueva Vizcaya
- People from Manila
- People from Rosemead, California
- Manila Bulletin people
- Filipino emigrants to the United States
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