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Post-World War II

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...

Batangas History 19 Apr, 2021

Fernando Air Base and the 1989 Coup Attempt vs Cory Aquino’s Government

Although Corazon Aquino was swept to power by the hugely popular “People Power Revolution” in 1986, her presidency – which lasted until 19...

Batangas History 14 Feb, 2019

The Inauguration of the Caltex Oil Refinery in Bauan, Batangas by President Ramon Magsaysay in 1954

[In this article: Caltex refinery, Chevron Philippines, Batangas Province, Bauan Batangas, San Pascual Batangas, President Ramon Magsaysa...

Batangas History 21 Jan, 2019

The Assassination of the Rosario, Batangas Chief of Police in 1954

[In this article: Rosario Batangas, Gaudencio Manigbas, Captain Esteban de Guzman, Court of First Instance Batangas, Marcial Macalintal, T...

Batangas History 8 Sep, 2018

Retelling the Story of the Mysterious Showers of Petals in Lipa in 1948

[In this article: Lipa apparition, apparition Lipa Batangas, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace Lipa, Bishop Alfredo Versoza, Carmelite Convent Li...

Buhay Batangas 1 Aug, 2018

Releasing a Batangas-convicted Hukbalahap from Prison 1948

[In this page: Hukbalahap, Batangas Court of First Instance, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Ramon Diokno, Jose W. Diokno, Proclamation ...

Buhay Batangas 26 Jun, 2018

The Hukbalahap in Batangas in the Immediate Post-WWII Years

[In this page: Huk, Mateo del Castillo, Partidang Komunista ng Pilipinas, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan, Peasant Revolt in the Philippines,...

Buhay Batangas 22 May, 2018

A CIA Report’s View on Elpidio Quirino’s Presidency and the Continuing Influence of Batangas’ Jose P. Laurel

[In this page: Elpidio Quirino, Jose P. Laurel, 1949 Philippine Elections, Nacionalista Party, Liberal Party, fraudulent election 1949, de...

Buhay Batangas 17 May, 2018

US Army Signal Corps Pictures while in Batangas City Post-World War II

In the months immediately after the conclusion of World War II in the Pacific Theater, the United States Army Signal Corps maintained a fa...

Buhay Batangas 8 May, 2018

Conditions of Bus Transportation around Batangas in the 1950s

[In this page: Batangas Transportation Company, BTCo, Laguna Tayabas Bus Company, LTB, Calaca, Balayan, Lipa, Candelaria, Lemery, Batangas...

Buhay Batangas 3 May, 2018