Protecting Cuenca against WWII Japanese Stragglers and Convincing them to Surrender
On the 20 th of April 1945, the 187 th Glider Infantry Regiment of the United States Army’s 11 th Airborne Division, after some fierce a...
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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...
10 World War II Trivia Set in Batangas
World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1942-1945 rank among the most tragic events ever to have affected the Prov...
The Amusing Folkloric Tale of How Lipa City Got its Name
Many of the folkloric stories about how the cities, towns and barrios of Batangas got their names had something to do with amusing suppose...
Bayorbor in Mataasnakahoy and Bayudbod in Tuy: Lost Meaning of the Names
A quick examination of the names of the barrios around the province of Batangas and one quickly sees that there is a commonality to the na...
WWII Batangas: Forced Cotton Planting and Civilian Hunger
Among the common themes related to World War II in Batangas found in the so-called “historical data” required by the administration of Pre...
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...
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, ...
How Mount Batulao Got Its Name – a Folkloric Story
At the border between the provinces of Batangas and Cavite rises an inactive volcano called Mount Batulao. It has an elevation of 2,274 f...
The Beginnings of “Kapeng Barako’s” Association with Batangas
Fact 1: Mention “kapeng barako” (Spanish: café verraco 1 ) and most people immediately think of the province of Batangas. This is despit...