Batangas Province's Capital Could Have Been Laurel City
The City of Batangas has been the capital of Batangas Province since 1754, when the provincial capital was transferred from Taal to its pre...
Post-World War II
A Short History of the San Padre Pio International Shrine in Santo Tomas, Batangas
On September 23, 2026, the Parish and Shrine of Saint Padre Pio in Barangay San Pedro, Santo Tomas, Batangas, formally entered a new chapt...
The 1948 Lipa Apparition and the Vatican’s Rejection
In 1948, inside the Carmelite Monastery at Barrio Antipolo del Norte in Lipa, Batangas , postulant Teresita Castillo reported visions o...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...