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 poiso...
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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 seller...
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 no...
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 Force...
The Daring Guerrilla Radio Detachment that Operated in Batangas in WWII
In November 1944, a small detachment was despatched by guerrilla leader Major Bernard L. Anderson to set up an intelligence network and ope...
The Case of Batangueño Guerrillas' Attempt to Bribe a US Army Investigating Officer
Even before the surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army to the Allied Forces in the Philippines in September of 1945, guerrilla organizatio...
The Case of Four US GIs Stranded in Malvar, Batangas Behind Japanese Lines in WWII
Early in 1942, after forces of the Japanese Imperial Army had occupied the Philippine Islands in their quest to set up the bogus East Asia ...