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Photos Taken in Tanauan, Early American Colonial Period

These photos below are part of the recently-released Manila Railroad Company collection of the United States National Archives Digital Lib...

Batangas History 13 Feb, 2025

The Tanauan Guerrillas who Helped Downed US Pilots Escape the Japanese in WWII

Beginning on the 10 th up to the 20 th of October 1944, planes of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise started raiding Japanese airfields...

Batangas History 18 Jul, 2020

A 1920 Biography of Apolinario Mabini Part I

PART I PART I | PART II From a 1920 publication entitled “Prose Selections” of the Department of Public Instruction and Bureau of Edu...

Batangas History 24 May, 2020

A 1920 Biography of Apolinario Mabini Part II

Notable Batangueños. PART II PART I | PART II [p. 9] The lad had few friends in school, went to no parties, had few amusements, ...

Batangas History 24 May, 2020

Badong and the Legend of the House Lizard as used to be Told in Tanauan, Batangas

[In this article: Batangas Province, Batangas beliefs and folklore, Tanauan Batangas, Batangas legends, house lizard, butiki, butiking bah...

Batangas History 9 Jan, 2019

A Tale of Love, Lust and Sex in 1903 Tanauan, Lipa and San Juan, Batangas

[Topics in this article: Supreme Court cases, Tanauan Batangas, Lipa Batangas, San Juan Batangas, San Juan de Bocboc, Philippine Penal Cod...

Batangas History 31 Aug, 2018

The Conley Police Bribery Case and Dr. Jose P. Laurel’s Presidency during the Japanese Occupation

[In this article: Jose P. Laurel philosophy, Ray Conley, Govrnor General Leonard Wood, Tanauan Batangas, American colonial era] Tanauan...

Batangas History 6 Aug, 2018

The Case of the Makapili in Tanauan and the Heroic Dr. Brigido Carandang

From the archives of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, we get this story 1 of both the heroism and treachery of fellow Batangueños on...

Buhay Batangas 3 Mar, 2018

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

We continue with the series of articles on late 19 th century Batangas as described the former government official and historian Manuel S...

Buhay Batangas 3 Mar, 2018

The 1749 Eruption of Taal Volcano which Forced 2 Pueblos to Become One as Tanauan

The present-day city of Tanauan is among the Province of Batangas’ oldest population centers. It can trace its roots back to two pueblos ...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018