Catholic Education in Batangas in the Spanish Colonial Era
The towns of Batangas Province in the Philippines, particularly Taal, Lipa, and Balayan, emerged as significant centers of Catholic educat...
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History and Development of Batangas’ Sugar Industry
Sugarcane has been part of Batangas agriculture since the Spanish period. In towns such as Balayan, Tanauan, and Bauan, farmers used backy...
The Transfer of Batangas' Capital from Balayan to Taal in 1732
In 1570, Spanish maestro de campo or master of camp (equivalent to Colonel in the present day) Martín de Goiti, the expedition commander...
How Some Coastal Batangas Towns Acted as Supply Nodes in Support of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade
The Manila-Acapulco galleon trade is often remembered through the image of giant ships anchored at what is now Cavite City or Manila Bay 1...
How the 1911 Taal Volcano Eruption Shaped Balete’s Path from Barrio to Municipality
Balete is the third smallest geo‑political unit of the Province of Batangas. It is a lakeside town on the eastern shores of Taal Lake with...
Burdang Taal: The Rise and Retreat of Batangas Embroidery
The embroidered textiles of Taal, Batangas — collectively known in local parlance as Burdang Taal — occupy a distinct place in Philippine...
Batangas’ 1912 Resistance to English Language Instruction in Schools
The Philippine Commission’s Act No. 74 established a centralized Department of Public Instruction in January 1901, creating the statutory ...
Locating the Protohistoric Tagalog Polity Called Kumintang
The coastal region of Batangas has long been recognized as a heartland of Tagalog settlement, yet its early history remains shrouded in am...
Pre-Hispanic and Hispanic Era Contacts between Batangas and Borneo
This article examines material, documentary, and contextual evidence of sustained contact between the Batangas coast and Bornean ports and...
Subversion Cases filed by the Clergy Against Prominent Citizens of Taal, 1895–1896
In the years leading up to the Philippine Revolution, the town of Taal in Batangas became the site of a legal crackdown by Spanish colonia...