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Excavations at the Old Tanauan Church Ruins in Talisay, Batangas

The ruins of the old stone church of Tanauan, long overlooked by casual visitors, came to scholarly attention in 2010 when human skeletal ...

Batangas History 14 Sep, 2025

Roster of the 2nd Battalion Talisay Regiment PQOG Part II

PART II PART I | PART II | PART III The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the ...

Batangas History 14 Mar, 2021

Two Tagaytay–Batangas Shortcut Roads Built by US Army Engineers in 1945

[In this article: US Army Corps of Engineers, World War II, Tagaytay to Lemery Road, Tagaytay to Talisay Road] As the liberation of the...

Buhay Batangas 13 Jul, 2018

The American Capture of Santo Tomas and Filipino Retreat to Talisay, January 1900

[In this article: Philippine–American War, General Elwell Stephen Otis, General Thomas Henry Barry, General John C. Bates, Santo Tomas, Li...

Buhay Batangas 6 Jul, 2018

The Katipunan’s Attacks on Lian and Talisay, Batangas in 1896 as Narrated by Artemio Ricarte

[In this page: Katipunan, Philippine Revolution, Artemio Ricarte, Lian, Talisay, Magdalo Faction, Magdiwang Faction, Santiago Alvarez, Mari...

Buhay Batangas 26 Apr, 2018

The Philippine Revolution in Batangas during the Tenure of Govenor-General Ramon Blanco

While high school history books told us that Batangas was one of eight provinces that first revolted against Spanish colonial rule late in...

Buhay Batangas 22 Mar, 2018

19th Century Talisay, Batangas as Described by a Spanish Historian

This article is the second instalment of a series featuring the towns of Batangas in the nineteenth century. Most of the information cont...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

Filipino Native with Bayog Bark along Talisay-Tagaytay Trail, 1934

he photograph below was taken by the photographer Robert L. Pentleton on 23 August 1934 along the Talisay–Tagaytay trail. It has been downl...

Buhay Batangas 2 Feb, 2018

Along the Talisay-Tagaytay Trail, 1934

The photograph below is part of the Robert L. Pendleton Collection of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Digital Libraries, with the o...

Buhay Batangas 2 Feb, 2018

Talisay-Tagaytay Road, 1945

The photograph below of the road from the Tagaytay Ridge to the small lakeside town of Talisay in Batangas is taken from the 1948 book “The ...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

View of Taal Volcano as Seen from Talisay c. 1859 ISketch)

The image below has been taken from a public domain edition of the magazine called “Ilustración Filipina, 1859 1 ,” a Spanish language magaz...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

Map of Talisay, Batangas

The lakeside town of Talisay used to be part of Taal until it was formally established as a separate municipality in 1869. In the present d...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

History and Records of Achievements, Talisay Regiment PQOG

The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It ...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Roster of the 2nd Battalion Talisay Regiment PQOG Part I

PART I PART I | PART II | PART III The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the J...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Roster of the 2nd Battalion Talisay Regiment PQOG Part III

PART III PART I | PART II | PART III The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Request for Recognition of the Talisay Regiment - PQOG, January 1946

The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It ...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Favorable Endorsement of Talisay PQOG by a Defense Undersecretary, January 1946

The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It ...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Reasons Why the Talisay PQOG Did Not Gain Recognition, February 1947

The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It ...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Signed Documents by Armando Laurel, Regimental Commander PQOG

The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It ...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018

Memo from the Investigation Officer on the Non-Recognition of the Talisay PQOG, Jan 1947

The President Quezon’s Own Guerrillas was a large guerrilla outfit operating in Luzon during the Japanese occupation up to liberation. It ...

Batangas History 1 Jan, 2018