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Text: Steph Dote Photos: Prince Hinayon, Leomark Aday, Steph Dote One of the many events that Batanguenos looked forward to in the Ala Eh! Festival 2013 was the Voices, Songs and Rhythms: Timpalak Awitan sa Kapitolyo (VSR) wherein locals showcase their talent in singing. The contest has been ongoing on …

Text: Bernadeth Manalo Photos: Danica Navallo “Kung ang Panginoon ay mahal ang Batangas, sino pa ba ang dapat magmahal dito kung hindi tayo. Dahil ang kayamanan po natin ay ang sarili nating lalawigan.” This was the inspirational message of Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto during the formal opening of Ala Eh! Festival …

Text: Bernadeth Manalo Photos: Danica Navallo “Batangas, ang buhay ay puno ng kasiyahan…” This is an excerpt from the Batangas tourism jingle which also serves as the Ala Eh! Festival theme song. This was played all throughout week-long festivities from December 2 to 8 in Batangas City. The Ala Eh! …

In a country where beauty pageant is considered like a Manny Pacquiao boxing match, there is such a strong wave of fanaticism in ladies contending for a beauty queen title. Winning a beauty pageant comes with fame in all forms, a bragging right, an extended title before your name instead …

Contributed by Bernadeth Manalo, AB Comm, First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities Since its launching in 2008, the grandest and most colorful festival of festivals in Batangas province is set to wow the locals and tourists one more time in the Ala Eh! Festival 2013. The name of this …

To be able to appreciate a place, reading blogs about it and browsing photos of all its greatness give you only a half-baked experience. Being there completes the story. And only then you would realize in actuality the good things that articles and photos are trying to narrate. For more …

*Contributed by Steph Dote, AB Comm, De La Salle Lipa Batangueños are known as one of the bravest and sometimes even described as irascible people in the country. Hence, the ‘barako’ image. Nonetheless, we, Batangueños, also have a tender heart. Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as “Yolanda”, hit the Visayas region …

I’m sure most us have a childhood story to tell about a tree. But did you know that more than benefiting us with so many things, we also have quite a list of stories of origins from trees? Well, to look beyond their existence, they are among God’s amazing creations. …