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...
Homepage Batangas History, Culture and Folklore
Latest Articles
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...
United Bus Lines: Operations in Batangas in the 1950’s to 1960’s
United Bus Lines, or UBL, is one of those names that survives in the memories of people who traveled the roads of Batangas during the post...
The Local Commerce of Batangas by Jose M. Hilario, 1915
This page contains a transcription of an ethnographic paper written by one Jose M. Hilario in the year 1915. It is part of the Henry Otley-...
The Life of a Batangas Fisherman by Jose P. Caedo, 1915
This page has been transcribed from an ethnographic paper written by one Jose P. Caedo in 1915. The page is archived at the digital librar...
Fiestas in Bauan, Batangas Province by Severino A. Garcia, 1927
This page has been transcribed from an ethnographic paper written by one Severino A. Garcia in 1927. The page is archived at the digital l...
Towns in Batangas Province That Were Formerly Part of Lipa City
The present-day municipalities of Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, and Balete were once part of Lipa. Their eventual separation from the old municipa...
Laurel, Batangas: The Complicated Road to Township
The Municipality of Laurel, Batangas, did not emerge as an independent town in a single, straightforward act. Its territory passed through...
Archeological Finds in Lobo, Batangas: What the 2008 Survey Revealed
For much of the twentieth century, archaeological research in Batangas concentrated on the southwestern part of the province, particularly...
The Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Batangas During the Spanish Colonial Era
The religious history of Batangas during the Spanish colonial period was not the story of a single religious order exercising uninterrupte...