The Bureau of Education Setup in Batangas in 1906
[In this article: Batangas Province, education in Batangas, Bureau of Education, American colonial era, policy of benevolent assimilation,...
2018
Mataasnakahoy: on to the Golden Jubilee Year of 1982
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, history of Mataasnakahoy, kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy. Ceferino Capuchino, Florencio Landicho, A...
Part VI: US Military Operations in Batangas from 1901-02 during the Fil-American War
[In this article: Philippine-American War, Batangas Province, Macabebe Scouts, Batangas City, Tanauan Batangas, Lipa City Batangas, Balete...
When Alitagtag was a “Resort of Ghosts and Devils,” and the Cross that Purged These
[In this article: Filipino myths, Batangas myths, Batangas folklore, Alitagtag Batangas, Holy Cross, patron of Alitagtag, patron of Bauan,...
1962 Photos of Taal Lake and Surrounding Communities
The images in this historic collection have been taken from an article in the April 1962 edition of “The Chronicle Magazine 1 .” They are ...
24 Superstitions from San Jose, Batangas
[In this article: Batangas Province, San Jose Batangas, Filipino superstitions, superstitious beliefs, historical data] From the so-cal...
Focus on Jesus Villamor, the Ace Who Helped Stop a Japanese Bombing Raid on Batangas City
[In this article: Batangas Province, Batangas City Batangas, Batangas airfield, Batangas airdrome, Jesus Villamor, World War II Batangas, ...
Apolinario Mabini: a Short Biography Translated from “Mga Dakilaḡ Pilipino”
[In this article: Apolinario Mabini, Filipino Heroes, Batangas Province, Notable Batangueños, Tanauan Batangas, Talaga Tanauan] There is ...
Teodoro M. Kalaw’s Version of Juanang Ilaya and other 19th Century Scare Stories Told to Children
[In this article: TM Kalaw, Teodoro M Kalaw, Lipa Batangas, Batangas Province, Batangas folklore, Juanang Ilaya, tigbalang, nuno sa punso,...
Mataasnakahoy: World War II to Martial Law Years
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, History of Mataasnakahoy, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Japanese occupation of Batangas, World Wa...
Part V: US Military Operations in Batangas from 1901-02 during the Fil-American War
[In this article: Philippine-American War, Philippine Revolution, Filipino rebels, Macabebe Scouts, Ilocano Scouts, Fil-Am War Batangas, Ba...
Miguel Malvar: a Short Biography Translated from “Mga Dakilaḡ Pilipino”
[In this article: Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippine-American War, General Miguel Malvar, General J. Franklin Bell, Emilio Aguinaldo, Pact o...
The Rise and Fall of Lipa’s 19th Century “Aristocracy” according to TM Kalaw
[In this article: TM Kalaw, Teodoro M Kalaw autobiography, Lipa Batangas, Lipa coffee industry, Lipa coffee boom, Lipa aristocracy] In ...
“Ang Pasko ay Sumapit” Composer in Thrilling Escape from the Japanese in Cuenca in 1945
[In this article: Josefino Cenizal, World War II Batangas, Cuenca Batangas, Lipa Batangas, Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, WWII escape from Japanese...
100 Old Tagalog Sayings with English Translations Told in Balayan, Batangas
[In this article: National Library of the Philippines, historical data, Balayan Batangas, salawikain, Filipino sayings, Filipino maxims, F...
Part IV: US Military Operations in Batangas from 1901-02 during the Fil-American War
[In this article: Philippine-American War, US Army in the Philippines, US Volunteers, American military operations in Batangas, Fil-Am War i...
Particulars of Mataasnakahoy’s Separation from Lipa in 1932
[In this article: Batangas Province, Mataasnakahoy Batangas, History of Mataasnakahoy, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Ceferino Capuchino, Ge...
When “Fishes were cooked in the Lake” – the 1716 Taal Volcano Eruption
[In this article: Taal Volcano facts, Taal Volcano history, Taal Volcano trivia, 1716 Taal Volcano eruption, base surge, pyroclastic erupt...
Old Beliefs about Birth, Baptism, Love, Weddings, Death and Burial in Lemery, Batangas
[In this article: Batangas province, Lemery Batangas, beliefs and superstitions, old customs, marriage beliefs, baptism beliefs, beliefs a...
Japanese WWII Atrocities in Bauan, Cuenca, Lipa, Mataasnakahoy, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Rosario, Taal and Tanauan
[In this article: Japanese World War II atrocities, Batangas Province, Bauan Batangas, Cuenca Batangas, Lipa Batangas, Mataasnakahoy Batan...
Part III: US Military Operations in Batangas from 1901-02 during the Fil-American War
[In this article: Philippine-American War, US Army in the Philippines, US Volunteers, American military operations in Batangas, Fil-Am War i...
Historic Pictures Related to the Violent 1911 Eruption of Taal Volcano
The pictures in this collection are from the 1912 compilation of The National Geographic Magazine 1 , showing pictures related to the 1911 ...
Brief Descriptions of the Towns of Batangas in 1902
[In this article: Batangas City, Balayan, Bauan, Calaca, Calatagan, Cuenca, Ibaan, Lemery, Lian, Lipa, Nasugbu, Lobo, San Luis, Santo Toma...
Mataasnakahoy: Recovering from the Abaca Decline in the 1920s
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva fami...
Part II: US Military Operations in Batangas from 1901-02 during the Fil-American War
[In this article: Philippine-American War, US Army in the Philippines, US Volunteers, American military operations in Batangas, Fil-Am War i...
Gurumay: a Traditional Game Played in San Jose, Batangas in the 1920s and Earlier
[In this article: San Jose Batangas, Batangas Province, traditional Filipino games, traditional children’s games in the Philippines] Fr...
The 1908 Killing in Ibaan of a Traveling Peddler and his 12-Year Old Son
[In this article: Supreme Court of the Philippines, Supreme Court historical cases, American colonial era, Ibaan Batangas, Lipa Batangas, ...
Part I: US Military Operations in Batangas from 1901-02 during the Fil-American War
[In this article: Philippine-American War, US Army in the Philippines, US Volunteers, American military operations in Batangas, Fil-Am War ...
Photos of “Typical” Batangas Tagalogs in 1904 according to an Expo Board Publication
In 1904, a world exposition was held from April to December in the Missouri City of St. Louis. It was called the Louisiana Purchase Expos...
Mataasnakahoy and the 19th Century Coffee Boom in Lipa
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva fami...
A 1922 “Tiyanak” Story set at the foot of Mount Makulot in Cuenca, Batangas
[In this article: Philippine myths, Philippine folklore, Cuenca Batangas, Mt. Makulot, tiyanak, supernatural creatures] From the Henry ...
The Prevalence of Bandits in Batangas in 1905 and American Moves to Suppress Them
[Batangas Province, ladrones, brigands, outlaws, tulisanes, ladrones habeas corpus, General Henry Clark Corbin, United Stations Army Philip...
Excerpts from Letters of a Murdered American Schoolteacher Describing her Stay in Batangas in 1905
[In this article: Batangas Province, Batangas City, American colonial era, Thomasites, Batangas education, Anna Elizabeth Hahn] From a ...
The Physical Characteristics of the People of Batangas in 1916
[In this article: Batangas Province, Rosario Batangas, Lipa Batangas, Batangas City, Taal Batangas, San Jose Batangas, Lemery Batangas, pe...
The Wealthy Silvas and Templos of Lipa and the Original Families of Mataasnakahoy
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva fam...
An Encantado Tale Told in Santo Tomas in 1925
[In this article: Batangas, Santo Tomas Batangas, encantado, engkantado, magic, supernatural, old tales, Batangas tales] From an ethnog...
Columnas Volantes: an Underground Paper and a Guerrilla Outfit in 1900 Batangas
[In this article: Philippine Revolution, Columnas Volantes de la Federacion Malaya, Lipa Batangas, Lipa City, underground newspaper, Jose ...
Historical Hypotheses on the possible origins of the Batangueño Expression “Ala Eh”
[In this article: Batangas, Batangas province, ala eh, salitang Batangas, Batangas dialect, Wallah, Allah, hala] The Batangueño Stereoty...
An American Division Superintendent’s Description of Batangas in 1900-1901
[In this article: Batangas Province, American colonial era, education in Batangas, Philippine-American War, Education in the Philippine Is...
Alvarez v Villaviray: the Controversial 1934 Nasugbu Municipal President’s Election
[In this article: Batangas Province, Nasugbu Batangas, American Colonial Era Philippines, Municipal President, municipal elections Batanga...
Old Courtship and Marriage Customs in Taysan, Batangas
[In this article: Batangas Province, Taysan Batangas, marriage customs Batangas, sabugan custom, dapitan custom, bigay kaya custom] In ...
10 More Batangas Historical Trivia Likely Unknown Even to Batangueños
[In this article: Batangas City Batangas, Nasugbu Batangas, Tuy, Bataangas, Lipa City Batangas, Agoncillo Batangas, San Luis Batangas, Taa...
Jose Petronio Katigbak: First Known Harvard Filipino Student was from Lipa, Batangas
[In this article: Jose Petronio Katigbak, notable Batangueños, outstanding Batangueños, Katigbak clan of Lipa, American colonial era, Fili...
The Legend of the Origin of Taal Lake
[In this article: Batangas myths and legends, Batangas Province, Taal Lake, Batangas community and folklore] From the ethnographic coll...
Unlucky 13th Plane Crashes as the 11th Airborne Leaves Lipa for Okinawa in 1945
[In this article: unlucky 13, 11th Airborne Division, atomic bomb, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Lipa City, Batangas, Lipa airstrip, World War II B...
The Macabebe Scouts: American “Attack Dogs” in Batangas during the Fil-Am War
[In this article: Macabebe Scouts, Philippine-American War in Batangas, Alitagtag Batangas, San Luis Batangas, Taysan Batangas, San Pascua...
The Oral History of the Sawali Industry of Taal
[In this article: Sawali, bamboo mat, Taal Batangas, Taal History, traditional Filipino homes, bahay kubo, oral history, Mahabang Lodlod] ...
The Assassination of the Rosario, Batangas Chief of Police in 1954
[In this article: Rosario Batangas, Gaudencio Manigbas, Captain Esteban de Guzman, Court of First Instance Batangas, Marcial Macalintal, T...
Stories about the Liberation of Batangas City from Japanese Occupation
[Topics in this article: Batangas City Batangas, World War II in Batangas, Liberation of Batangas, Nasugbu landing 1945, PT boats Batangas...
A Tale of Love, Lust and Sex in 1903 Tanauan, Lipa and San Juan, Batangas
[Topics in this article: Supreme Court cases, Tanauan Batangas, Lipa Batangas, San Juan Batangas, San Juan de Bocboc, Philippine Penal Cod...
Old Courtship, Marriage and Birth Traditions in Taal, Batangas
[Topics in this article: Taal Batangas, Batangas Beliefs, Batangas Traditions, Beliefs in Taal, traditional courtship, marriage customs Ta...
The 11th Airborne Earns Rest in Lipa after Liberation of Batangas in 1945
[Topics in this article: 11th Airborne Division US Army, Lipa Batangas, US Army bivouac in Lipa, Mataasnakahoy Batangas, USO in Lipa, Colo...
The Roundup of Katipunan Sympathizers and Two Other Stories set in Batangas Town in the Late 19th Century
[Topics in this article: Spanish colonial era Philippines, Batangas in the Spanish colonial period, Batangas town, Batangas City Batangas,...
Olgado vs Catigbac: Resolving the Conflict for the Presidency of Lipa in 1910
[Topics in this article: Supreme Court Decision Philippines, American colonial era, Municipal President, Philippine politics, Lipa City Ba...
Company G of the USV 28th Infantry and the Capture of Pablo Borbon in 1900
[Topics in this article: United States Volunteers, 28th Infantry Regiment, Philippine-American War in Batangas, Pablo Borbon, Nasugbu Batan...
The Eclipse of the Moon: a Batangas Legend
[Topics in this article: eclipse of the moon, lunar eclipse, Batangas legend, Batangas myth, Henry Otley–Beyer Ethnographic Collection] ...
Mataasnakahoy’s Role in Lipa’s 19th Century Grandeur
[Topics in this article: Villa de Lipa Batangas, Batangas coffee production, 19th century Lipa Batangas, Mataasnakahoy Batangas], Manuel S...
Excerpts from a Japanese Soldier’s Diary on the Final Stand of the Japanese in Batangas in 1945
[Topics in this article: World War II Batangas, Lipa Batangas, Mount Malepunyo, Japanese Imperial Army, Japanese soldier’s diary] The f...
The Miraculous Well of Our Lady of Caysasay
[Topics in this article: Our Lady of Caysasay, Cuenca Batangas, Magic Tales from Cuenca, Henry Otley–Beyer Collection, Legends of Batangas...
The Building of the Calamba-Batangas Road in 1900
[Topics in this article: road building in Batangas, United States Army engineering corps, Philippine-American War, history of roads in Bat...
The Capture of Mt. Malepunyo East of Lipa and the End of Japanese Resistance in Batangas in 1945
[In this article: Mount Malepunyo, Lipa Batangas, 11th Airborne Division, Talisay Lipa Batangas, Sapac Lipa Batangas, World War II Batanga...
The Conley Police Bribery Case and Dr. Jose P. Laurel’s Presidency during the Japanese Occupation
[In this article: Jose P. Laurel philosophy, Ray Conley, Govrnor General Leonard Wood, Tanauan Batangas, American colonial era] Tanauan...
A Legend of the Calumpang River in Batangas City
[In this article: Batangas City, Calumpang River, Calumpang Bridge Batangas, Filipino folklore, Batangas folklore, Batangas legends, Filip...
Retelling the Story of the Mysterious Showers of Petals in Lipa in 1948
[In this article: Lipa apparition, apparition Lipa Batangas, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace Lipa, Bishop Alfredo Versoza, Carmelite Convent Li...
Public Works Projects Undertaken by the US Colonial Government in Batangas in 1915
In this article, we take a look at public works projects undertaken by the Bureau of Public Works (BPW) of the American colonial governmen...
Batangas Legend: the Origin of the Locust
[In this article: Batangas legend, legend of Batangas story, legend of Batangas English, locust infestation, Philippine–American War, Phil...
The 187th Regiment and How It Overcame the Japanese on Mt. Maculot in 1945
[In this article: 187th Infantry Regiment, 158th Regimental Combat Team, Cuenca Batangas, Mount Maculot, Japanese Defenses in Mount Maculo...
Murderer–Thief in Batangas Sentenced to Death by Military Commission in 1901
[In this article: military government in Batangas, military commission Philippines, Philippine–American War, Claudio Marco, Hilario Trimili...
More Superstitious Beliefs in San Jose, Batangas in 1925
[In this article: San Jose Batangas, Superstition, Superstitious Beliefs in Batangas, Henry Otley–Beyer] From one Agapito H. Mendoza, w...
Two Tagaytay–Batangas Shortcut Roads Built by US Army Engineers in 1945
[In this article: US Army Corps of Engineers, World War II, Tagaytay to Lemery Road, Tagaytay to Talisay Road] As the liberation of the...
The State of the Pottery Industry in Pallocan, Batangas in 1917
[In this article: Henry Otley–Beyer Collection, Philippine pottery, Batangas–pottery, pot–making in Batangas, Barrio Pallocan] A 1917 e...
The American Capture of Santo Tomas and Filipino Retreat to Talisay, January 1900
[In this article: Philippine–American War, General Elwell Stephen Otis, General Thomas Henry Barry, General John C. Bates, Santo Tomas, Li...
Reports on Taal, Bauan, Batangas, San Jose, Lipa, Ibaan and Tanauan from an 1845 Augustinian Document
[In this article: Taal, Bauan, Batangas, San Jose, Lipa, Ibaan Tanauan, Mapas General, Agustinos Calzados] An 1845 edition of the perio...
The Role of the US Army 158th RCT in the Liberation of Batangas in 1945
[In this article: 158th Regimental Combat Team, Bushmasters, United States 6th Army, United States 8th Army, World War II Liberation of Ba...
The Legend of the King of Taal Volcano
[In this page: Legends of Batangas, Legend of Don Pablo, Henry Otley-Beyer Collection, King of Taal Volcano] From a 1916 paper written ...
Releasing a Batangas-convicted Hukbalahap from Prison 1948
[In this page: Hukbalahap, Batangas Court of First Instance, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Ramon Diokno, Jose W. Diokno, Proclamation ...
Methods of Catching Fish in Balayan, Batangas in 1916
[In this page: Balayan Batangas, fishing materials, fishing methods, saltwater fishing, freshwater fishing, American colonial era] A 19...
Galicano Apacible’s Heartfelt Letter “To the American People” in 1900
Balayan-born Galicano Apacible, a doctor by profession 1 , was a 19 th century Batangueño who was among the prominent figures of the unde...
The Tennis-like Mayoralty Election in Lipa, Batangas in 1937
[In this page: Lipa Batangas, mayoralty election 1937, Supreme Court decisions, Claro M. Recto, Jose P. Laurel Jr.] Through a Supreme Co...
US Army Surprises Japanese at Palico, Nasugbu in 1945, Bluff Its Way up to Tagaytay
[In this page: Nasugbu Landing, Palico Nasugbu, Palico Bridge, Tagaytay Ridge, Japanese soldiers WW2, US 8th Army] On 31 January 1945, ...
American-Sponsored Batangueño Students in the United States in 1917
In 1903, the new American colonial government in the Philippines passed the “Pensionado” Act which aimed to “educate and bind current and ...
Felipe Agoncillo’s Official Protest Against the Treaty of Paris of 1898
[In this page: Felipe Agoncillo, Treaty of Paris, Filipino Diplomat, Philippine Independence, End to Spanish Rule in the Philippines, Amer...
Lian and San Luis, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
[In this page: Lian, San Luis, Manuel Sastron, 19th Century Batangas, Spanish colonial era Batangas, Batangas y su Provincia] For this ...
The Sack of Barrio Cumba, Lipa in 1945 and the Treason Case vs Leandro Gonzales
[In this page: Lipa City, Barrio Cumba, Makapili, Treason, World War II] From the document entitled “History and Cultural Life of the Ba...
Details of the Historic Nasugbu Landing from the Viewpoint of the 11th Airborne Division
[In this page: Nasugbu, Nasugbu Landing, 11th Airborne Division, US Sixth Army, US Eighth Army, Lingayen Gulf Invasion] A previous artic...
Acts of the Philippine Commission in 1902 Concerning Batangas
[In this page: Philippine Commission, Taft Commission, William McKinley, Quartermaster, Bureau of Post Offices, United States War Departme...
How the Japanese Army set up Defenses against Allied Forces in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945
[In this page: Batangas, Santo Tomas, military intelligence, Japanese Imperial Army, Nasugbu Landing, bunker, entrenchment, trench] Fro...
The Hukbalahap in Batangas in the Immediate Post-WWII Years
[In this page: Huk, Mateo del Castillo, Partidang Komunista ng Pilipinas, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan, Peasant Revolt in the Philippines,...
More about Base R, an American Logistics Base in Batangas City in WWII
[In this page: Batangas City, Base R, United States Army, Historical Data, Barrio Santa Clara, Hilltop, Mainaga Cove, military logistics] ...
Historical Landing Fields or Airstrips in Batangas
[In this page: Aerodrome, Airstrip, Landing Field, Airdrome, Nasugbu, Calatagan, Batangas, Lemery, Tanauan, Lipa] Up to the present day...
A CIA Report’s View on Elpidio Quirino’s Presidency and the Continuing Influence of Batangas’ Jose P. Laurel
[In this page: Elpidio Quirino, Jose P. Laurel, 1949 Philippine Elections, Nacionalista Party, Liberal Party, fraudulent election 1949, de...
Taysan, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
[In this page: Batangas, Taysan, Batangay y su Provincia, Manual Sastron, 19 th century Batangas, Monte Mapolo, Toribio Mateo, Fr. Gregor...
Picture Compilation of Evidences of Japanese Atrocities in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945
This post contains a compilation of photographs taken in 1945 of survivors of Japanese atrocities committed earlier that same year in the ...
US Army Signal Corps Pictures taken during the Liberation of Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945
A set of pictures taken by the United States Army Signal Corps in the Philippines in 1945 and filed away at the United States National Arc...
US Army Signal Corps Photos taken while in the town of Lipa in 1945
This is the second article featuring photographs taken by the United States Army Signal Corps while stationed in Batangas. Those posted ear...
Brief History of the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Batangas City
[In this page: Batangas Church, Immaculate Conception, Minor Basilica, Batangas City, Fray Diego Mojica, Fr. Pedro Cuesta, Monsignor Ciril...
Particulars of the Now-Defunct Nasugbu ‘Landing' or Airfield, Pre-WWII and onwards
[In this page: Batangas, Nasugbu, Nasugbu Landing, Nasugbu Airfield, Nasugbu Aerodrome, Roxas y Cia, Ayala y Cia, American Era Philippines]...
US Army Signal Corps Pictures while in Batangas City Post-World War II
In the months immediately after the conclusion of World War II in the Pacific Theater, the United States Army Signal Corps maintained a fa...
Controversy in the Recognition of Guerrilla Groups by the US Army in 1946
[In this page: guerrilla activity in Batangas, Hunters/ROTC, Filipino-American Irregular Troops, FAIT, World War II, Japanese occupation o...
Examining a “Tale” of Corruption during Spanish-Era Tanauan, Batangas
[In this page: Tanauan, Batangas, Antonio Villapando, Doña Maria Tapia, Doña Vicentica Leyba, corruption, panguingue, capital municipal, g...
The Torture of Filipinos in Calaca by US Soldiers during the Fil-Am War
[In this page: Frederick T. Arnold, Private Andrew K. Weir, Sergeant Edwards, Calaca, Batangas, water torture, water cure, Philippine-Amer...
Calatagan, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
[In this page: Batangas, Calatagan, History of Calatagan, Folklore of Calatagan, Western Batangas, Barrios of Calatagan, Baha, Balibago, B...
Conditions of Bus Transportation around Batangas in the 1950s
[In this page: Batangas Transportation Company, BTCo, Laguna Tayabas Bus Company, LTB, Calaca, Balayan, Lipa, Candelaria, Lemery, Batangas...
Balayan, Batangas in the 19th Century according to a Spanish Historian
[In this page: Balayan, Batangas, Manuel Sastron, Batangas y su Provincia, 19 th Century Batangas, 19 th Century Balayan, Spanish Era Ba...
Movements of British Troops in the towns of Lipa and Batangas in 1763
[In this page: British in Manila, British in the Philippines, Batangas, Lipa, Captain Thomas Backhouse, Seven Years’ War, Galleon Philipin...
USV 28th Infantry Company E’s Assignment to Nasugbu and Balayan in 1900 during the Phil-Am War
[In this page: United States Volunteers, 29th Infantry Regiment, Philippine-American War, Western Batangas, Nasugbu, Tuy, Lian, Calatagan,...
The Katipunan’s Attacks on Lian and Talisay, Batangas in 1896 as Narrated by Artemio Ricarte
[In this page: Katipunan, Philippine Revolution, Artemio Ricarte, Lian, Talisay, Magdalo Faction, Magdiwang Faction, Santiago Alvarez, Mari...
US Army War Crimes Investigation Results about Massacres in Lipa in 1945
After the United States Army had successfully freed Batangas Province from Japanese control sometime in May of 1945, its War Crimes Branch...
BLTBCo: Why it was known as BTCo in Batangas and LTB in Manila
Readers who are old enough to remember when buses of the Batangas Laguna Tayabas Bus Company (BLTBCo) ruled the roads of the province in t...
Superstitions of the People of Taal, Batangas Circa 1925
From the Henry Otley-Beyer Ethnographic Collection 1 , we are able to obtain colorful insights about Philippine culture early during the A...
San Pascual, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
We continue with this site’s series featuring historic and folkloric trivia about the barrios of Batangas, this time with focus on those o...
Notes on the Ibaan-Batangas Road Sabang Bridge, Completed Early in 1914
Motorists who regularly ply the Ibaan-Batangas City Road may not find anything remotely remarkable about the Sabang Bridge along the way, ...
Lipa, Batangas in Ruins: Photos taken right after World War II
A memorandum from General Headquarters of the United States Army Forces in the Pacific Office of the Theater Advocate War Crimes Branch to...
A 1914 Batangas Road System Map
The turn of the 20 th century in Batangas saw the new American colonial government, through the Bureau of Public Works, execute an ambiti...
Batangas Students Make History as the 1st School Ordered Closed in the American Colonial Era
On the lighter side of history, from Volume 49 1 of the Woodstock 2 Letters, a publication of the Society of Jesus from 1872 to 1969, we...
The Capture and Looting of Lipa by US Troops in 1900 during the Fil-American War
In December of the year 1899, almost a year after the Philippine-American War had broken out, after clearing the Bulacan towns of Baliuag ...
The Philippine Revolution in Batangas during the Tenure of Govenor-General Ramon Blanco
While high school history books told us that Batangas was one of eight provinces that first revolted against Spanish colonial rule late in...
Lemery, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
Continuing with this web site’s series on late 19 th century Batangas as described by the former government official and historian Manuel...
Atrocities in Batangas Cited during General Tomoyuki Yamashita’s Trial for War Crimes after WWII
Mention the name Yamashita in the context of the Second World War and in most likelihood the first thing that comes to most Filipinos’ ...
Francisco Rubio and his Recruitment of Rebel Soldiers in Tanauan in 1900
On 24 October 1900, one Francisco Rubio was arraigned and tried for charges of “being a spy” by a military commission convened in the town...
Movements of Company D of the USV 28th Infantry Regiment in Batangas in 1900
Continuing with the campaign of the United States Volunteers 28 th Infantry Regiment in Batangas in the year 1900, we now shift our atten...
Tingloy, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
This article revisits the otherwise forgotten history and folklore of the barrios of Tingloy, Batangas. The information contained herein ...
The State of Philippine Railroads in 1902 and American Attempts to Improve It, Including New Lines in Batangas
On 18 March 1902, the United States Senate directed Elihu Root, the Secretary of War, to provide “a statement of the legal and traffic rel...
San Juan de Bocboc, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
We move now to the town of San Juan in eastern Batangas, called San Juan de Bocboc during the latter part of the Spanish colonial era, for...
The Deadly 1902 Cholera Epidemic in the Philippines, with Special Interest on Its Consequences in Batangas
The disease cholera is an infection of the small intestines that leads to diarrhea, vomiting and muscle cramps. It is caused by a bacteri...
The Case of the 19-Year Old Makapili Charged with Treason for Activities in Lipa and Santo Tomas
In this article, we take a look at another Supreme Court case involving treason charges against a member of the Makabayang Katipunan ng mg...
Company C: the USV 28th Infantry Regiment Movements in the Taal-Lemery Area during the Fil-Am in 1900
This is the second article of a series about the 28sup>th Infantry Regiment of the United States Volunteers (USV) while on deployment i...
Santo Tomas, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
Continuing with the series in this web site on 19 th century Batangas as described by the former government official and historian Manue...
The State of Batangas in 1901 as Reported to the 2nd US Philippine Commission
The Second Philippine Commission, otherwise known as the Taft Commission, was appointed by the United States President William McKinley in...
Bauan, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about Its Barrios
We continue with our series featuring historic and folkloric stories from the barrios of Batangas, this time shifting our focus on the Mun...
Life and Economics in Lian, Batangas Early in the 20th Century
An Anthropological paper 1 written by one Pastor M. Layosa in 1927 offers a compelling descriptive picture of the life end economics in t...
The US Army 28th Infantry Regiment in Batangas in 1900 and their Operations in Taal, Lemery, Calaca and Nasugbu
This article starts a new series in this web site on the activities of the United States Army’s 28 th Infantry Regiment as it saw action ...
The Case of the Makapili in Tanauan and the Heroic Dr. Brigido Carandang
From the archives of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, we get this story 1 of both the heroism and treachery of fellow Batangueños on...
19th Century Tanauan, Batangas as Described by a Spanish Historian
We continue with the series of articles on late 19 th century Batangas as described the former government official and historian Manuel S...
Antonio de las Alas, the Outstanding Taal-born Public Servant of the American Colonial Era
The 1931 publication “Men of the Philippines 1 ” included several Batangueños. In the book’s foreword, the gentlemen included were qualif...
Ibaan, Batangas: Historical and Folkloric Notes about its Barrios
This article continues the series that resurrects historical and folkloric trivia about the different barrios of Batangas. For this insta...
Finding Barrio Sulok, the Strategic Barrio in WWII Santo Tomas, Batangas
In my researches on World War II Batangas, one obscure little barrio kept popping up in documentation of United States Army movements duri...
Bauan, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
We continue with the series of articles on 19 th Century Batangas as described by the former Spanish government official and historian Ma...
Two Makapilis and the Marauoy, Lipa Massacre by Japanese Soldiers in February 1945
The date 11 February 1945 was among the darkest in the history of the then town of Lipa in Batangas. “Almost an entire community” was mas...
Lian, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
We take a look at the small western Batangas town of Lian to continue with our series of barrio history and folklore. The information con...
The Economic Roles Women in Batangas played in 1916
In the present day, women in Batangas can be just about anything they desire to be. They can be owners or top executives of companies, ca...
Know the Most Frequently Used Names among the Barrios of Batangas
It is not uncommon in Batangas if somebody is asked where one is from to be told that there is a similarly named barrio somewhere else in ...
Mabini, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
We return to the barrio histories of Batangas with this feature on the town of Mabini, located on the Calumpang Peninsula. The informatio...
The Town of Lobo in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
This article continues our series about nineteenth century Batangas, as seen through the eyes of the Spanish government official and histo...
Dates when each Town of Batangas was liberated from the Japanese in WWII
Just ten hours 1 after the treacherous attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, as part of a well-coordinated attack, Japanese planes ...
A Glimpse at Life in Batangas Early in the 1600s
The Spanish government official and historian Antonio de Morga 1 gave a fascinating glimpse of what life must have been in the Lake Bombo...
Eulalio and Glicera Villavicencio of Taal’s Patriotic Ilustrado Class: Funders of the Philippine Revolution
If one reads through the histories of barrios in Taal and nearby towns, one finds countless stories of village folk, tired of Spanish oppr...
The Fierce Battle for the Control of Cuenca and Mount Makulot in 1945
After the landing of Allied forces on the shores of Nasugbu on the last day of January 1945, among their immediate objectives was the clea...
Calaca, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
We continue with the series of articles dedicated to resurrecting otherwise forgotten pieces of historical and folkloric trivia about the ...
The Mariang Ilaya and Engkanto Legends of Mount Makulot as Told by Elders in Cuenca in 1922
If you are from these parts, then you will only be too familiar with stories people tell about the “suno” (hitchhiker) who allegedly board...
Taysan’s Relative Isolation from the Rest of Batangas in 1916
Taysan is one of the province of Batangas’ middle-sized municipalities, with a land area of roughly 9,362 hectares and a population of jus...
Traditional Ways by which People of Lipa Estimated Time and Predicted Weather
To be perfectly honest, the methods described in this article were probably more universally used than the title suggests. Still, they wi...
Taal, Batangas in the 19th Century, as Described by a Spanish Historian
This article is part of a series that attempts to bring to modern day readers descriptive images of the towns of Batangas in the late nine...
Agoncillo, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
This article is part of a series dedicated to bringing to younger readers otherwise forgotten historic and folkloric information about the...
An Old Tourist Spot in Taal Called the Pansipit Fishery
I still carry inside my head very hazy memories of a family trip to the Taal-Lemery area back in the early or mid-sixties. I could not ha...
10 Historical Trivia about Batangas All Batangueños Should Know
The history of the great province of Batangas overflows with richness and trivial notes will not do it any justice. That said, there are ...
The Balisong and the Old Knife-Making Rivalry between Taal and Lipa
The blacksmithing industry in the Philippines likely predates the arrival of the Spaniards. A 1590 manuscript called the Boxer Codex 1 , ...
The Story of Juanang Ilaya, Supposedly a Legend Started in Lipa Town
A few years back, somebody on social media suggested that I wrote about the legend of Juanang Ilaya for this web site. I replied that I w...
The Merchants of Taal in 1934 and a Business Model Based on Filipino Honesty
A 1934 Anthropology paper written by one Crisologo Atienza documented a remarkable business model used by the merchants of Taal that was t...