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Since August is set to be the launch of the WOWBatangas Newsletter’s firs issue, we decided to have stories of firsts as this month’s theme. If you have been checking around our recently published articles, you might have read about the first motorcycle museum in the Philippines (and in Southeast …
Read More »Worlds Longest Painting on Continuous Canvas: The Inauguration
The Province of Batangas, the country’s focal culture locale for the month of June, host twin ecological events on June 25-28: the Climate Change Teach-in Day and the World Environmental Day convented by Climate Change Commission led by Secretary Heherson Alvarez and National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) …
Read More »Gov. Vi: “The last campaign was the most difficult”
Despite the negative propaganda which almost made her give up, the Governor remains on her seat. Here’s what happened on Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto’s first flag ceremony at the Batangas Capitol after her proclamation. PRESS RELEASE In an emotional speech last May 17, 2010 during her first flag ceremony after being …
Read More »Ex-Batangas governor Sanchez dies (A repost)
This article is a repost from INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Former Batangas Governor Armand Sanchez has passed away, a television news report said Tuesday. Sanchez was rushed to the Mary Medtiarix Medical Center in Lipa City Monday afternoon after collapsing during a campaign sortie there. Earlier, Dr. Isagani Bolompo said Sanchez …
Read More »Recto bats for debt-for-disaster relief swap
Former senator Ralph G. Recto yesterday said it’s now time to convert the country’s surplus of typhoons into a valuable “economic asset” by asking creditor countries to swap our debts for disaster-relief expenditures especially in reconstructing devastated sectors and infrastructures by the devastating storms that have hit the country last …
Read More »Gov. Vilma Invites Everyone to Come and Participate in Batangas Trade Fair 2009
“Ako ay Tiga-WOWBatangas! IKAW GA?” –Governor Vilma Santos Batangas Governor Vilma Santos Recto is inviting everyone to participate in this year’s Trade Fair. Batangas Province Trade Fair 2009, organized by the BPCCI, DOT and DTI was formally opened today at the Batangas Capitol open grounds. All the proudly Batanguenos’ products …
Read More »Governor Vi and Former Senator Ralph Recto to Join Liberal Party for 2010 Elections
It’s final, the Rectos will run under the Liberal Party (LP). Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto and former Senator Ralph Recto will be joining the team-up of Sen. Noynoy Aquino and Sen. Mar Roxas in the upcoming 2010 elections. The couple announced their decision on the night of Nov. 14 at …
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