The Old Batangas Practice of Using Poison to Stun Fish in the Pansipit River
[Batangas Culture] Back in the late 1940s, it was the practice of some people to catch fish from the Pansipit River 1 using a mild poi...
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[CULTURE] A Tale of Two Tamales: Ibaan and Lipa
At the public market of the city of Lipa in Batangas, ask to be shown where you can buy tamales and you will likely be directed to a selle...
5 Things Batangas Is Known For
Batangas is one of the Republic of the Philippines’ 81 provinces. It is situated at the southern part of the country’s largest island of L...
Complete List of Barangays in Batangas Province
Below is a complete list of all barangays or barrios of the Province of Batangas’ four cities and thirty municipalities. The city of Batan...
2020 Population Data for Batangas' Cities and Towns
Because the Philippine Statistics Authority has now released the results of the 2020 Philippine Census 1 , Batangas History, Culture and Fol...
Revisiting the Forgotten WWII Airstrip in Malvar, Batangas
In his 1951 book 1 on the US Army Air Force’s exploits at the outbreak of World War II in the western Pacific, author Walter D. Edmonds n...
Jorge Espina: the Hero who Embodied Batangueño Resistance to Japanese Occupation in WWII
In the numerous documents submitted by various guerrilla outfits to the United States Army in their bids to gain official recognition durin...
Basilio Fernando, after whom an Air Force Base was named in Lipa, Batangas
About Basilio Fernando, after whom Fernando Air Base – home of the Air Education, Training and Doctrine Command of the Philippine Air Forc...
A Narrative History of the Maculot Battalion Part II
PART II PART I | PART II The Fil-American Irregular Troops (FAIT) was a large guerrilla organization formed by the retired American of...
Folklore from Lipa, Batangas by Amparo Reyes, 1924 Part 2
PART I PART I | PART II [p. 10] fowls, deer, sheep, and other wild animals that roamed about it its wilderness. Somewhere on the ...
Balayan, Batangas: Historical Data Part 3
PART III PART I | PART II | PART III [p. 15] Riddles 1. I come from the sea. On cloudy days, I ascend heaven. When I wish to ...
Balayan, Batangas: Historical Data Part 2
PART II PART I | PART II | PART III [p. 8] 1. Ang palanganga, hindi nakikilala sa labi. Whether or not one chews buyo (betel) c...
Folktales and Religious Festivals in Batangas by Claudia Cruz, 1930 Part II
PART II PART I | PART II [p. 9] “Juan,” the king called at last, “Did you prepare any dinner for me?” With emphatic slowness, our...
Roster of the 2nd Battalion Talisay Regiment PQOG Part II
PART II PART I | PART II | PART III The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the ...
A Brief History of the Pioneer Balayan Town Guerrillas FAIT Part II
PART II PART I | PART II [Transcription continued...] [p. 11] MAPPING JAP POSITIONS Capt. Galvez was ordered by Col. Galvez t...