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1898 Miguel Malvar's Letter to Emilio Aguinaldo on Collections from Rosario, Batangas

At the National Library of the Philippines Digital Collections are the scanned pages of a rare letter 1 handwritten by General Miguel Mal...

Batangas History 25 Jan, 2024

[PHOTOS] Lipa and Batangas Airfields after 1944 US Raids in World War II

There were two airfields built and operated by the United States Army in the province of Batangas prior to the outbreak of World War II in...

Batangas History 21 Dec, 2023

Summarizing the 8th Army’s Report on the Nasugbu Landing of January 1945

The landing of American forces on the beaches of Nasugbu on the 31 st of January 1945, known within military circles at the time as Opera...

Batangas History 7 Dec, 2023

The Heritage Home in Lipa City where Jose Rizal Allegedly Used to Stay

There is, in the barrio of Mataasnalupa in Lipa City, Batangas, this Spanish colonial era bahay-na-bato 1 where, according to the Macasae...

Batangas History 8 Jun, 2023

Ferdinand Magellan Did Not Die at the Hands of Lapu-Lapu

[Author's note: Although this is not a Batangas-specific article, its premise should be of interest not only to enthusiasts of Batang...

Batangas History 25 May, 2023

[CULTURE] 5 Famous Foods of Batangas

Batangas may be known more for its beaches and the dialect spoken by locals than its culinary traditions, but there are nonetheless foods t...

Batangas History 29 Jan, 2023

The Macolod Volcanic Corridor and Volcanism in Batangas Province

Taal Volcano, the last major eruption of which was in January 2020, is but part of a chain of still active Quarternary — in geologic terms...

Batangas History 26 Jan, 2023

Jay D. Vanderpool, the Officer who Unified Guerrillas in Batangas, Cavite and Laguna

After the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in April and May 1942, respectively, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, designated commander of all U...

Batangas History 17 Jan, 2023

[WWII] The Nasugbu Landing of January 1945 from the Japanese Perspective

Most of the information available on Operation Mike VI, more commonly remembered as the “Nasugbu Landing” of 31 January 1945, is understan...

Batangas History 16 Jan, 2023

The 29 Municipalities of Batangas Province Part I

PART I PART I | PART II The Province of Batangas is one of five belonging to the administrative region called Region IV-A, otherwise k...

Batangas History 14 Jan, 2023