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Executive Order No. 78 Separating Calatagan from the Municipality of Balayan

The western Batangas municipality of Calatagan was acquired from the Spanish crown by Domingo Roxas in 1829 and used to be called Hacienda...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 60 Creating Lighthouses in Cape Santiago and Malabrigo Point

Among the Province of Batangas’ most important heritage sites are two lighthouses in Calatagan and Lobo. A July 1903 Executive Order 1 s...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Liquefaction Hazard Map of the Province of Batangas

Image source:  Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Above is the Liquefaction Hazard Map for the Province of Batangas origi...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Republic Act No. 11086 Establishing the City of Santo Tomas, Batangas

Santo Tomas is the Province of Batangas’ fourth and newest city, converted from a municipality in 2018. It is Batangas’ northernmost geo-...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 97 Series of 1912 Reserving Land in Botong, Taal for School Purposes

In 1912, an executive order 1 was passed reserving land in the barrio of Botong in Taal, Batangas for school purposes. The executive ord...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Map of World War II US Troops’ Movements in Batangas in March-April 1945

The map below shows the movement of United States Army troops in Batangas in early 1945. Its title is “Clearing Southern Luzon XIV Corps.”...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 37 Series of 1913 Revoking Earlier Reservation of Land in Botong, Taal for School Purposes

In 1912, a parcel of land was reserved by the American Colonial Government for school use by way of Executive Order No. 97, signed by Newt...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Proclamations Nos. 8 and 10 of 1909 Regarding Camp McGrath, Batangas Town

The present-day district or area in Batangas City that people to this day still refer to as Camp McGrath used to be an installation of the...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 127 Separating Lian from Nasugbu

The western Batangas coastal town of Lian is in the present day a 3 rd income class municipality with a land area of 3,119.75 square kilo...

Batangas History 3 Feb, 2018

Executive Order No. 69 1922 Transferring Tingloy and other Barrios from Mabini to Bauan

The present-day Municipality of Tingloy was like a volleyball being tossed from one town to the other during the American colonial era. In...

Batangas History 2 Feb, 2018