Because of your warm support for WOWBatangas, we’ve come up with something exciting to welcome the New Year! Sama-sama nating salubungin ang isang masaya at masaganang Bagong Taon sa WOW 2010 Photo Contest. WOW 2010 Photo Contest Mechanics: 1. This contest is open to all WOWBatangas Facebook fans. 2. Take …
Read More »New Year’s Resolutions: Anong Sa ‘Yo?
Resolutions have been part of the New Year celebration for years now. In fact, the beginning of New Year’s resolutions dated all the way back to 153 B.C. and Janus, a mythical king of early Rome became the ancient symbol for New Year’s resolutions. Janus has two faces, one in …
Read More »Spiritual Food (for December 27, 2009)
We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family on Sunday following Christmas Day. We all know how important the family is. It is the basic cell of the society. In fact it is one’s first community. It is the domestic church. It is where we all came from, where our …
Read More »Spiritual Food (for Dec. 20, 2009; 4th Sunday of Advent)
“During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth” (Lk 1:39-40). Mary was in haste. She wasted no time to visit her cousin and come to her assistance. Let us …
Read More »How To Safeguard Your Homes Against Burglars
Just recently, i’ve been hearing stories of burglaries in Batangas. Home theives seem to be very active this month, just in time for bonuses and Christmas cash gifts. At any rate, these thieves are more easily thwarted if we Batanguenos know how to employ some simple security precautions. Lock up …
Read More »Alternate Route in Taysan, Batangas for LPG and CNG Transport, Under Reinforcement
The Bridge of Promise connecting the villages of Kumintang Ibaba and Gulod Labac is still impassable. To avoid disruption of transport of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas, the Department of Energy (DOE) found an alternative route going to the Tabangao, Batangas where the CNG loading station is …
Read More »Lambanog: The Poor Man’s Drink, Local Coconut Farmer’s Gift to the Alcohol Industry
Tagged as the ‘poor man’s drink’, lambanog (coconut wine or coconut vodka) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from the sap of unopened coconut flower. Lambanog is famous in Quezon province and in San Juan, Batangas where coconut trees grow in abundance. How to make lambanog? Every afternoon, the mangangarit (the …
Read More »Spiritual Food (for the 3rd Sunday of Advent 2009)
“What must we do?” The question was asked three times in this Sunday’s Gospel (December 13, 2009). It is a question of someone who wants to be converted. Genuine conversion never consists in just entertaining profound feelings or noble thoughts; it must translate into concrete course of action. It is …
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