Batangas — Possible Austronesian Root of the Name
Among the folkloric etymologies of the name Batangas is that this was supposed to have been from the by-now archaic Tagalog batang , meani...
Batangas City
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Batangas Fisherfolk
For centuries, Batangas fisherfolk have relied on their intimate knowledge of lakes and seas to sustain life and livelihood. This traditio...
History of the Batangas International Port
Batangas Bay is one of the deepest natural harbors in the Philippines. It covers about 220 square kilometers with a coastline of 92 kilome...
The Little Known Invasion of Verde Island in February 1945
As has been already extensively discussed in other articles in this web site, by the 31 st of January 1945, forces of the United States E...
Extinct Volcanic Hills in Batangas Province
The Province of Batangas is part of the so-called Macolod Volcanic Corridor 1 , a 40-kilometer wide system of volcanism extending from Ba...
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[PHOTOS] Lipa and Batangas Airfields after 1944 US Raids in World War II
There were two airfields built and operated by the United States Army in the province of Batangas prior to the outbreak of World War II in...
Particulars of the First Provincial High School in Batangas Province
As early as the year 1900, a time when, in fact, the Philippine-American War was still raging, the American colonial government had alread...
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[Culture: Language] Pagerper Meaning, that Bawdy Batangueño Word
“Pagerper.” This ostensibly Tagalog word has probably been searched so often that it has become a Google “keyword 1 .” Among the most co...
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[WWII] US Navy Air Action Report on Attacks on the Lipa and Batangas Airfields in November 1944
In an earlier post , Batangas History, Culture and Folklore featured details of air operations undertaken by United States Navy planes fly...
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[WWII] Attacks on Lipa and Batangas Airfields by Carrier-Based American Planes in November 1944
By November 1944, Allied Forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur had already established a foothold on the island of Leyte a...
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[Photo] US Army Troops on the Road to Lipa, Batangas
Image credit: United States National Archives and Records Administration Digital Library From the United States National Archives and Rec...
The Daring Guerrilla Raid on a Jap Sentry Outpost at Calicanto, Batangas in 1943
On the 8 th of December 1941, just hours after the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Japanese aircraft l...
The Beheading of Jose Dimaandal by the Japanese in Batangas Town in 1943
Filed away at the National Library of the Philippines are so-called “historical data” for the different towns across the Philippines. The...
Focus on Jesus Villamor, the Ace Who Helped Stop a Japanese Bombing Raid on Batangas City
[In this article: Batangas Province, Batangas City Batangas, Batangas airfield, Batangas airdrome, Jesus Villamor, World War II Batangas, ...
Excerpts from Letters of a Murdered American Schoolteacher Describing her Stay in Batangas in 1905
[In this article: Batangas Province, Batangas City, American colonial era, Thomasites, Batangas education, Anna Elizabeth Hahn] From a ...
Stories about the Liberation of Batangas City from Japanese Occupation
[Topics in this article: Batangas City Batangas, World War II in Batangas, Liberation of Batangas, Nasugbu landing 1945, PT boats Batangas...
The Roundup of Katipunan Sympathizers and Two Other Stories set in Batangas Town in the Late 19th Century
[Topics in this article: Spanish colonial era Philippines, Batangas in the Spanish colonial period, Batangas town, Batangas City Batangas,...
A Legend of the Calumpang River in Batangas City
[In this article: Batangas City, Calumpang River, Calumpang Bridge Batangas, Filipino folklore, Batangas folklore, Batangas legends, Filip...
The State of the Pottery Industry in Pallocan, Batangas in 1917
[In this article: Henry Otley–Beyer Collection, Philippine pottery, Batangas–pottery, pot–making in Batangas, Barrio Pallocan] A 1917 e...
More about Base R, an American Logistics Base in Batangas City in WWII
[In this page: Batangas City, Base R, United States Army, Historical Data, Barrio Santa Clara, Hilltop, Mainaga Cove, military logistics] ...