Rosario - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Rosario - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

Rosario

Life Imprisonment for Makapili from Rosario for Pro-Japanese Activities in Lipa

A Rosario, Batangas-born member of the Makabayang Katipunan ng mga Pilipino, a pro-Japanese World War II group in the Philippines 1 comm...

Batangas History 1 Apr, 2024

Extinct Volcanic Hills in Batangas Province

The Province of Batangas is part of the so-called Macolod Volcanic Corridor 1 , a 40-kilometer wide system of volcanism extending from Ba...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2024

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

The Burning of Rosario and Other Japanese Atrocities in the Town in 1945

On the 31 st of January 1945, the United States 8 th Army made its long awaited landing on the beaches of the town of Nasugbu in western ...

Batangas History 15 Oct, 2020

“At the Capture of Rosario:” an Account of the US Army’s 1900 Incursion into Batangas

This article contains a transcription of an article that appeared in a 12 January 1900 issue of “The American 1 ,” an English-language new...

Batangas History 6 May, 2020

The “Rescue” of Spanish Prisoners in Rosario, Batangas by American Soldiers in 1900

In a much earlier article, Batangas History already featured the capture and looting of the then-town of Lipa 1 in 1900 by forces of the ...

Batangas History 27 Sep, 2019

The Assassination of the Rosario, Batangas Chief of Police in 1954

[In this article: Rosario Batangas, Gaudencio Manigbas, Captain Esteban de Guzman, Court of First Instance Batangas, Marcial Macalintal, T...

Batangas History 8 Sep, 2018

Rosario, Batangas in the 19th Century, as Described by a Spanish Historian

This article takes a look at the town of Rosario in the nineteenth century through the eyes of Manuel Sastron, the Spanish ex-government o...

Buhay Batangas 2 Mar, 2018

Map of Rosario, Batangas

According to some accounts, the town of Rosario was originally in what is present-day Lobo. Persistent raids by pirates forced the inhabita...

Buhay Batangas 1 Feb, 2018

Letter Informing Luansing of Non-Recognition by the US Army, June 1947

The Luansing Unit Fil-American Batangas Guerrillas were commanded by one Galicano Luansing and known loosely as the “Luansing’s Unit.” Thi...

Batangas History 31 Dec, 2017