Church Plaza Heritage: Colonial Urban Planning in Batangas Towns
The towns of Batangas province bear in their spatial form and built fabric the legacies of colonial urban planning, particularly the plaza...
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Miguel Malvar and the Last Battles of the Filipino-American War
Miguel Malvar y Carpio, born on 27 September 1865 in San Miguel, Santo Tomas, Batangas, was the son of Maximo Malvar and Tiburcia Carpio. ...
Jose W. Diokno, Born in Manila, Son of Batangas
Jose Wright Diokno, nationalist senator and human rights lawyer, was born in Manila on February 26, 1922 1 . He studied at De La Salle Col...
The Golden Batangueño Heritage of Adobo sa Dilaw
Adobo is one of the most recognized among Filipino dishes. It has, in the present day, even caught the attention of international chefs an...
Symbols of the Province of Batangas
The Province of Batangas is located in the CALABARZON region of Luzon, Philippines. It is bordered by Cavite and Laguna to the north, Quez...
Theories on the Origins of the Tagalogs, Including Batangueños
The question of where the Tagalogs came from has long fascinated historians, linguists, and anthropologists. As one of the largest ethnoli...
Batangas and Mindoro Trade History
The story of Batangas and the nearby island of Mindoro is not only about two provinces facing each other across the Verde Island Passage. ...
Batangas’ Shifting Rural Economy from the 19th–20th Centuries
Batangas, a province on the southwestern coast of Luzon, underwent significant economic transformations from the 19 th to the 20 th cent...
Verde Passage Biodiversity Hotspot
The Verde Island Passage (VIP) — the narrow marine channel between Batangas, Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon — is widely recognised in sc...
The Spanish Era Principalia of Batangas
The principalia was the dominant social class in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. The term itself came from the Spanis...