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, ...
June 2018
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 L...
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 paper...
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 underg...
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 decis...
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 o...
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 fu...
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 instalme...
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 of...
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 B...
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...
