Author, Bob Couttie (Continued) Philnews You did mention that you will be coming out with a US edition of this book. I don't think it's currently available here in the US? Couttie It's available through one particular bookshop: Philippine Expressions, which is in Los Angeles. They specialize in Philippine books. This is one of the reasons why we are working to get a US edition, so that it can be more widely available. But of course, one can always go to a local bookshop. If you order it they will find it. Over the next year I will be working to make it more available in the US. Philnews I'm sure people who see this interview would be interested in reading the book. So what we'll do is include the web address of that bookstore in L.A. for those who want to get a copy of the book before the US edition comes out. Couttie It's www.philippineexpressions.com run by a very nice lady called Linda Nietes. I would like people to read it and get to know part of their history. My children are obviously half-English, half-Filipino. I want them to be fully aware of both sides of their heritage. For me history is part of the DNA of a country. If you don't understand the history, you haven't got the DNA. Philnews That's very true. The sense I got from your book is that there is a lacking of history taught in the Philippines and it is a problem that should be corrected. Couttie Yes, because if you don't know your history, it is like not knowing your father and your mother. You can get away without knowing them, you can still breath and get a job and so on, but if you know who your family is, it gives you an anchor into who you are. And I think it is the same with countries and their history. If you know your history, you have an anchor and that gives you a sense of belonging. It gives you a sense of what your country should be, and gives you a sense of respect for that past. Mind you, I'm a Brit! Brits tend to be very pro-history. I feel two thousand years of history behind me and if "Hang the Dogs" is giving back to Filipinos a part of their history I shall be very happy. It is sort of a payback for all the good times that I've had here. Published 2005   Update: Balangiga Bells Retuned to the Philippines December 11, 2018 - The bells arrived in the Philippines at Villamor Air Base on 11 December 2018; and were returned to the Balangiga Church on 15 December 2018. While in Manila, the bells were put on display at the Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum until 14 December. The bells were airlifted by a Philippine Air Force C-130 plane to the nearby town of Guiuan, arriving on 14 December. These were then delivered to Balangiga in a two-hour journey via road. The bells were then turned over to the Balangiga town the next day. In a ceremony attended by President Rodrigo Duterte, the transfer certificate was given to Mayor Randy Graza. Duterte then rang one of the bells, and remarked that the credit for the return of the bells "goes to the American people and the Filipino people.” (Ref: Wikipedia.org)