When President Manuel L. Quezon Praised Batangas for Its Self-Sufficiency
Erstwhile “confidential records 1 ” of Philippine Commonwealth President Manual L. Quezon’s conferences with the press in 1936 showed how h...
February 2019
Narciso Claveria’s 1849 Decree and the Surnames of the People of Lipa
In the early days of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines, as the indios or native Filipinos converted to Christianity, many such n...
The Heroic Women Civilian Volunteers of Nasugbu in WWII
In 1944, probably in anticipation of the subsequent landing of the United States 8 th Army early the following year, the Hunters/ROTC Guer...
Apolinario Mabini’s Letters to the Philippine Commission Seeking an Armistice Early in the Fil-Am War
The December 1898 Treaty of Paris formally ended the Spanish-American War; and as the defeated nation, Spain officially “relinquished all c...
Fernando Air Base and the 1989 Coup Attempt vs Cory Aquino’s Government
Although Corazon Aquino was swept to power by the hugely popular “ People Power Revolution ” in 1986, her presidency – which lasted until 1...
The Legend of the Gabi (Taro) as Told in Malvar Batangas
From the 1950s document “History and Cultural Life of the People of Malvar, Batangas 1 ,” we get this obscure little legend about the origi...