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March 2022

US Army Documentation and Photos of the Pamintahan, Lipa Massacre of 1945

The 27 th of February in the year 1945 was one of the darkest days in the history of the now City of Lipa in Batangas. Inevitably, with ...

Batangas History 29 Mar, 2022

[Culture: Food] The “Pulang Kiki” Bread of Western Batangas

Back in the sixties, there was this story in the western Batangas coastal town of Nasugbu of an old lady in a calesa (a horse-drawn carri...

Batangas History 19 Mar, 2022

[Culture: Language] Pagerper Meaning, that Bawdy Batangueño Word

“Pagerper.” This ostensibly Tagalog word has probably been searched so often that it has become a Google “keyword 1 .” Among the most co...

Batangas History 17 Mar, 2022

[Culture: Language] Yae Na and How Batanguenos Use the Imperative Form of Verbs

Those among readers who know Batangueños will doubtless have heard them often use the expression “ ‘Yae na,’ ” shortened from “Hayae na” o...

Batangas History 9 Mar, 2022