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, Ar...
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 p...
24 Superstitions from San Jose, Batangas
[In this article: Batangas Province, San Jose Batangas, Filipino superstitions, superstitious beliefs, historical data] From the so-calle...
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, F...
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 War...
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 of...
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 a ...
“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, Fi...
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, Geo...
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 erupti...
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 ab...
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 Batang...
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 e...
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 Tomas...
Mataasnakahoy: Recovering from the Abaca Decline in the 1920s
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva famil...
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] From...
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, r...
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 Exposi...
Mataasnakahoy and the 19th Century Coffee Boom in Lipa
[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva famil...
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 Ot...
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 Philipp...
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 me...
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, peo...
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 fami...
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 ethnogra...
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 R...
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 Stereotyp...
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 Isl...
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 Batangas...
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 st...
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, Taal...
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, Filip...
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 collec...
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 Ba...
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 Pascual...
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, To...
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 Taa...
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, Colon...
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 Bat...
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 Batang...
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] F...
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 Sa...
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 fin...
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 Bata...
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 Batangas...
The Conley Police Bribery Case and Dr. Jose P. Laurel’s Presidency during the Japanese Occupation
[Keywords: Jose P. Laurel philosophy, Ray Conley, Govrnor General Leonard Wood, Tanauan Batangas, American colonial era] Tanauan–born Dr....
A Legend of the Calumpang River in Batangas City
[Keywords: Batangas City, Calumpang River, Calumpang Bridge Batangas, Filipino folklore, Batangas folklore, Batangas legends, Filipino lege...
Retelling the Story of the Mysterious Showers of Petals in Lipa in 1948
[Keywords: Lipa apparition, apparition Lipa Batangas, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace Lipa, Bishop Alfredo Versoza, Carmelite Convent Lipa, show...
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 government ...
Batangas Legend: the Origin of the Locust
[Keywords: Batangas legend, legend of Batangas story, legend of Batangas English, locust infestation, Philippine–American War, Philippine I...
The 187th Regiment and How It Overcame the Japanese on Mt. Maculot in 1945
[Keywords: 187th Infantry Regiment, 158th Regimental Combat Team, Cuenca Batangas, Mount Maculot, Japanese Defenses in Mount Maculot, Malep...
Murderer–Thief in Batangas Sentenced to Death by Military Commission in 1901
[Keywords: military government in Batangas, military commission Philippines, Philippine–American War, Claudio Marco, Hilario Trimilios, Flor...
More Superstitious Beliefs in San Jose, Batangas in 1925
[Keywords: San Jose Batangas, Superstition, Superstitious Beliefs in Batangas, Henry Otley–Beyer] From one Agapito H. Mendoza, we get a s...
Two Tagaytay–Batangas Shortcut Roads Built by US Army Engineers in 1945
[Keywords: US Army Corps of Engineers, World War II, Tagaytay to Lemery Road, Tagaytay to Talisay Road] As the liberation of the Province...
The State of the Pottery Industry in Pallocan, Batangas in 1917
[Keywords: Henry Otley–Beyer Collection, Philippine pottery, Batangas–pottery, pot–making in Batangas, Barrio Pallocan] A 1917 ethnograph...
The American Capture of Santo Tomas and Filipino Retreat to Talisay, January 1900
[Keywords: Philippine–American War, General Elwell Stephen Otis, General Thomas Henry Barry, General John C. Bates, Santo Tomas, Lipa, Tali...
Reports on Taal, Bauan, Batangas, San Jose, Lipa, Ibaan and Tanauan from an 1845 Augustinian Document
[Keywords: Taal, Bauan, Batangas, San Jose, Lipa, Ibaan Tanauan, Mapas General, Agustinos Calzados] An 1845 edition of the periodic repor...
The Role of the US Army 158th RCT in the Liberation of Batangas in 1945
[Keywords: 158th Regimental Combat Team, Bushmasters, United States 6th Army, United States 8th Army, World War II Liberation of Batangas, ...
The Legend of the King of Taal Volcano
[Keywords: Legends of Batangas, Legend of Don Pablo, Henry Otley-Beyer Collection, King of Taal Volcano] From a 1916 paper written by one...
Releasing a Batangas-convicted Hukbalahap from Prison 1948
[Keywords: Hukbalahap, Batangas Court of First Instance, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Ramon Diokno, Jose W. Diokno, Proclamation No. 7...
Methods of Catching Fish in Balayan, Batangas in 1916
[Keywords: Balayan Batangas, fishing materials, fishing methods, saltwater fishing, freshwater fishing, American colonial era] A 1916 pap...
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 under...
The Tennis-like Mayoralty Election in Lipa, Batangas in 1937
[Lipa Batangas, mayoralty election 1937, Supreme Court decisions, Claro M. Recto, Jose P. Laurel Jr.] Through a Supreme Court en banc dec...
US Army Surprises Japanese at Palico, Nasugbu in 1945, Bluff Its Way up to Tagaytay
[Keywords: Nasugbu Landing, Palico Nasugbu, Palico Bridge, Tagaytay Ridge, Japanese soldiers WW2, US 8th Army] On 31 January 1945, forces...
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 f...
Felipe Agoncillo’s Official Protest Against the Treaty of Paris of 1898
[Keywords: Felipe Agoncillo, Treaty of Paris, Filipino Diplomat, Philippine Independence, End to Spanish Rule in the Philippines, American ...
Lian and San Luis, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
[Keywords: Lian, San Luis, Manuel Sastron, 19th Century Batangas, Spanish colonial era Batangas, Batangas y su Provincia] For this instal...
The Sack of Barrio Cumba, Lipa in 1945 and the Treason Case vs Leandro Gonzales
[Keywords: Lipa City, Barrio Cumba, Makapili, Treason, World War II] From the document entitled “History and Cultural Life of the Barrio ...
Details of the Historic Nasugbu Landing from the Viewpoint of the 11th Airborne Division
[Keywords: Nasugbu, Nasugbu Landing, 11th Airborne Division, US Sixth Army, US Eighth Army, Lingayen Gulf Invasion] A previous article in...
Acts of the Philippine Commission in 1902 Concerning Batangas
[Keywords: Philippine Commission, Taft Commission, William McKinley, Quartermaster, Bureau of Post Offices, United States War Department, M...
How the Japanese Army set up Defenses against Allied Forces in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945
[Keywords: Batangas, Santo Tomas, military intelligence, Japanese Imperial Army, Nasugbu Landing, bunker, entrenchment, trench] From a de...
The Hukbalahap in Batangas in the Immediate Post-WWII Years
[Keywords: Huk, Mateo del Castillo, Partidang Komunista ng Pilipinas, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan, Peasant Revolt in the Philippines, Comm...
More about Base R, an American Logistics Base in Batangas City in WWII
[Keywords: Batangas City, Base R, United States Army, Historical Data, Barrio Santa Clara, Hilltop, Mainaga Cove, military logistics] In ...
Historical Landing Fields or Airstrips in Batangas
[Keywords: Aerodrome, Airstrip, Landing Field, Airdrome, Nasugbu, Calatagan, Batangas, Lemery, Tanauan, Lipa] Up to the present day, ther...
A CIA Report’s View on Elpidio Quirino’s Presidency and the Continuing Influence of Batangas’ Jose P. Laurel
[Keywords: Elpidio Quirino, Jose P. Laurel, 1949 Philippine Elections, Nacionalista Party, Liberal Party, fraudulent election 1949, declass...
Taysan, Batangas in the 19th Century as Described by a Spanish Historian
[Keywords: Batangas, Taysan, Batangay y su Provincia, Manual Sastron, 19 th century Batangas, Monte Mapolo, Toribio Mateo, Fr. Gregorio Pa...
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 t...
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 Arch...
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
[Keywords: Batangas Church, Immaculate Conception, Minor Basilica, Batangas City, Fray Diego Mojica, Fr. Pedro Cuesta, Monsignor Cirilo Cas...
Particulars of the Now-Defunct Nasugbu ‘Landing' or Airfield, Pre-WWII and onwards
[Keywords: Batangas, Nasugbu, Nasugbu Landing, Nasugbu Airfield, Nasugbu Aerodrome, Roxas y Cia, Ayala y Cia, American Era Philippines] Fr...
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 fac...
Controversy in the Recognition of Guerrilla Groups by the US Army in 1946
[Keywords: guerrilla activity in Batangas, Hunters/ROTC, Filipino-American Irregular Troops, FAIT, World War II, Japanese occupation of the...
Examining a “Tale” of Corruption during Spanish-Era Tanauan, Batangas
[Keywords: Tanauan, Batangas, Antonio Villapando, Doña Maria Tapia, Doña Vicentica Leyba, corruption, panguingue, capital municipal, gobern...
The Torture of Filipinos in Calaca by US Soldiers during the Fil-Am War
[Keywords: Frederick T. Arnold, Private Andrew K. Weir, Sergeant Edwards, Calaca, Batangas, water torture, water cure, Philippine-American ...
Calatagan, Batangas: Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios
[Keywords: Batangas, Calatagan, History of Calatagan, Folklore of Calatagan, Western Batangas, Barrios of Calatagan, Baha, Balibago, Balito...
Conditions of Bus Transportation around Batangas in the 1950s
[Keywords: Batangas Transportation Company, BTCo, Laguna Tayabas Bus Company, LTB, Calaca, Balayan, Lipa, Candelaria, Lemery, Batangas trav...
Balayan, Batangas in the 19th Century according to a Spanish Historian
[Keywords: Balayan, Batangas, Manuel Sastron, Batangas y su Provincia, 19 th Century Batangas, 19 th Century Balayan, Spanish Era Batanga...
Movements of British Troops in the towns of Lipa and Batangas in 1763
[Keywords: British in Manila, British in the Philippines, Batangas, Lipa, Captain Thomas Backhouse, Seven Years’ War, Galleon Philipino, Ba...
USV 28th Infantry Company E’s Assignment to Nasugbu and Balayan in 1900 during the Phil-Am War
[Keywords: United States Volunteers, 29th Infantry Regiment, Philippine-American War, Western Batangas, Nasugbu, Tuy, Lian, Calatagan, Bala...
The Katipunan’s Attacks on Lian and Talisay, Batangas in 1896 as Narrated by Artemio Ricarte
[Keywords: Katipunan, Philippine Revolution, Artemio Ricarte, Lian, Talisay, Magdalo Faction, Magdiwang Faction, Santiago Alvarez, Mariano R...
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 th...
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 Am...
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 of...
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, b...
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 ambitio...
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 a...
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’ mind...
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 attent...
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 ...