Choosing our costumes proved to be a giddy exercise. There were giggles as the ladies changed into baro’t saya and...
He may already be tired and bruised from visiting almost every home in Lian, Batangas, and neighboring towns, but his...
Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos’ recent suggestion to construct a sign “Batangas” on Taal Volcano, similar to the sign “Hollywood” in Los Angeles, was met with anger, laughter and disbelief.
I asked my husband Paolo what he felt now that his best friend, Bianca, was getting married, and he told me, he couldn’t be happier. He loves Bianca and totally gets along with Chris, Bianca’s fiancé. Both understand and love each other.
“In Quezon, you’ll go nuts with coconuts,” says our tour guide, Tina Diasanta-Decal, who operates Kulinarya Tagala, a food and culture tour of southern Tagalog (Laguna, Quezon and Batangas).
On March 26, when the first crack of a tee-off echoes over the rolling greens of Mt. Malarayat Golf & Country Club in Batangas, it will signal the start of an event that, one can say, has been 50 years in the making.
This past week has been very special for Batangas. Known for its Marian devotion, the province held special celebrations on Sept. 8 and 12.
Monday finds Batangas City sodden and sullen from the early-morning monsoon drench, with motorists from Manila making their way toward the provincial capital, braving through the new road extension from the Southern Luzon Expressway, which has suddenly been enveloped by a thick fog, obscuring the way and raising fears of a road mishap.
AT least 10,000 people attended the blessing of the altar and the adoration chapel of the Shrine of St. Padre Pio in Barangay San Pedro in Sto. Tomas, Batangas, on Sept. 23, feast of the Franciscan stigmatist, said Fr. Jojo Gonda.
We stopped at the entrance marker of Cuenca, Batangas, which says “Home of the Bakers.” Our guide was a true son of the town, Lucito Chavez. His family used to have a small bakery, but he decided to open his own in Manila, called Tinapayan Festival, near the University of Santo Tomas.
