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American-Held Prisoners-of-War in Balayan, 1900-01

Below is a transcribed list of mostly Batangueño prisoners-of-war held by the United States Army at a facility in the municipality of Balay...

Batangas History 15 Sep, 2024

[Culture] The Famous Lechon Parade in Balayan, Batangas

The town of Balayan on the western coast of the Province of Batangas is one of the province’s oldest; and history tells us that Balayan wa...

Batangas History 29 May, 2024

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 ...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

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...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

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...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

A Brief History of the Pioneer Balayan Town Guerrillas FAIT Part I

PART I PART I | PART II The Pioneer Balayan Town Guerrilla Unit was one of many units of the large Fil-American Irregular Troops (FAIT...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

When Balayan Guerrillas Stole Japanese Q-Boats from a Base in Calatagan in WWII

Towards the end of 1943, when the tides of war in the Pacific had started to turn in favor of the Allied Forces, Japan started to explore a...

Batangas History 16 Nov, 2020

A Forgotten Mariang Makiling Legend Set in Balayan, Batangas

Even in the present day, one still hears once in a while stories of people who had gone on treks up Mount Makiling in the Province of Lagu...

Batangas History 24 Jul, 2019

Methods of Catching Fish in Balayan, Batangas in 1916

[In this page: Balayan Batangas, fishing materials, fishing methods, saltwater fishing, freshwater fishing, American colonial era] A 19...

Buhay Batangas 22 Jun, 2018

Balayan, Batangas in the 19th Century according to a Spanish Historian

[In this page: Balayan, Batangas, Manuel Sastron, Batangas y su Provincia, 19 th Century Batangas, 19 th Century Balayan, Spanish Era Ba...

Buhay Batangas 2 May, 2018

Francisco Matienza and the Tagalog Revolts in Balayan and Taal in 1745

Most Filipinos ought to have a fairly good grasp from high school history lessons of what went on in the Philippine Revolution of 1896, si...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

Balayan: Historical and Folkloric Trivia about some of its Barrios

This article is part of a continuing series that attempts to bring to the Batangueño public and anyone else interested otherwise forgotten...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

The Rainbow Regiment: the Batangueño Guerilla Group in WWII

In two earlier articles, I wrote about the exploits of the Hunters/ROTC, a guerilla group that was formed in the province of Rizal but rel...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

Feminist Clemencia Lopez of Balayan, the First Filipina to Visit the White House

In the year 1902, a 26-year old Batangueña from the town of Balayan in Batangas became the first Filipina to ever set foot in the White Ho...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

The Hard Luck and Suffering in San Juan and Balayan after the End of the Philippine-American War in 1902

With the surrender of General Miguel Malvar in April 1902, for all intents and purposes, the Philippine-American War also came to an end. ...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

How Churches in Balayan, Bauan, Ibaan, Lemery, Lipa, San Jose, San Juan, Tanauan and Taysan Looked Like in 1911

The images were all taken in the year 1911 by the American Luther Parker, who first came to the Philippines in 1901 and stayed in the Phil...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

Executive Order No. 78 Separating Calatagan from the Municipality of Balayan

The western Batangas municipality of Calatagan was acquired from the Spanish crown by Domingo Roxas in 1829 and used to be called Hacienda...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Establishment of Horse Races in Taal, Balayan and Batangas, 1884

The Province of Batangas has had, since the Spanish colonial era, enjoyed a reputation for being home to fine horses. In his late 19 th c...

Batangas History 2 Feb, 2018

Map of Balayan, Batangas

The town of Balayan in the Province of Batangas is among the oldest in the country, even if its founding date is placed as “recently” as 157...

Buhay Batangas 2 Feb, 2018

Portrait of Clemencia Lopez of Balayan

Portrait of Clemencia Lopez of Balayan.  Image source:  The Story of the Lopez Family: A Page from the History of the War in the Philippin...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018