The Amusing Stories of Suan, Batangas’ Version of Juan Tamad
Long before mass media and the Internet became ubiquitous in every Filipino household, people entertained themselves by, among other things...
February 2020
How American GIs Helped Revive Batangas’ Balisong Industry
The first balisong or Batangas fan-knife, one of the lasting symbols of the Batangueño, was created by one Perfecto de Leon of the barrio o...
5 Steps to Finding a Wife the Batangueño Way – Old Batangas Courtship Traditions
Young men in the 1960s and after probably have to thank the American regime and the onslaught of western thinking that freed them from the ...
In World War II, People Evacuated TO the Taal Volcano Crater Island
Although Taal Volcano Island has long been declared a “permanent danger zone” by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PH...