Lipa

The First Filipina Maryknoll Sister was from Lipa, Batangas

Readers who live in or close to the City of Lipa in the Province of Batangas will be well aware of the existence of the school called Cano...

Batangas History 4 Jan, 2025

The Crash of a U.S. Navy Plane at Lipa Airfield in November 1944

By late October 1944, Allied forces led by the United States landed on the beaches of Leyte in what was seen as the first step towards th...

Batangas History 9 Sep, 2024

What Ended Lipa's 19th Century Coffee Boom

There has been a lot of discussion in this site already about Lipa’s late 19 th century coffee boom, which earned the then-town the title...

Batangas History 16 Aug, 2024

[CULTURE: Food] History and Origin of Batangas Lomi

“Lomi” is just one of many noodle dishes called pancit (alternatively spelled, pansit ) that have become part of Filipino cuisine. The w...

Batangas History 28 Jun, 2024

Gruesome Tales of Massacres in Lipa and Santo Tomas as Told by Survivors

By February 1945, Allied forces led by the United States Army were already well on their way to liberating the island of Luzon from Japane...

Batangas History 6 Jun, 2024

Lipa’s New City Museum in Photos

The city of Lipa has a relatively new museum to showcase its rich heritage from the pre-Hispanic period up to the present. It was opened o...

Batangas History 30 Apr, 2024

The Power of the Clergy in Late 19th Century Batangas as Told by a Citizen of Lipa, Batangas

Everyone who was at one time or the other a student of Philippine History knows that among the reasons for the Philippine Revolution was t...

Batangas History 14 Apr, 2024

Brigido Morada, the Batangueño Intellectual Sent Into Exile by the Spanish Colonial Government

Heading west from the city center or “poblacion” of Lipa City in the Province of Batangas, into an adjoining barrio called Mataasnalupa, i...

Batangas History 7 Apr, 2024

Life Imprisonment for Makapili from Rosario for Pro-Japanese Activities in Lipa

A Rosario, Batangas-born member of the Makabayang Katipunan ng mga Pilipino, a pro-Japanese World War II group in the Philippines 1 comm...

Batangas History 1 Apr, 2024

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...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2024

[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...

Batangas History 21 Dec, 2023

The Heritage Home in Lipa City where Jose Rizal Allegedly Used to Stay

There is, in the barrio of Mataasnalupa in Lipa City, Batangas, this Spanish colonial era bahay-na-bato 1 where, according to the Macasae...

Batangas History 8 Jun, 2023

[CULTURE: Food] How a Bowl of Goto in Batangas May Come as a Surprise to Non-Batangueños

Just like its iconic version of the pancit lomi , noted for the absence of vegetables among the ingredients, Batangas’ take on the “goto” ...

Batangas History 23 May, 2022

[CULTURE: Traditions] Origins of the Bulingbuling Tradition of Batangas and Elsewhere

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, every last Sunday before Ash Wednesday, many people in the City of Lipa would take to the streets for what w...

Batangas History 13 May, 2022

US Army Documentation and Photos of the Pamintahan, Lipa Massacre of 1945

The 27 th of February in the year 1945 was one of the darkest days in the history of the now City of Lipa in Batangas. Inevitably, with ...

Batangas History 29 Mar, 2022

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...

Batangas History 17 Apr, 2021

[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...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

[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...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

[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...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

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 op...

Batangas History 22 Feb, 2021