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Yesterday, we posted on our Facebook page how Lipa City got its name. Then people started thanking us for the tidbit of knowledge and sharing “ah kaya pala” comments on the thread. Then followed questions on the etymologies of Calaca and Lian. So, to help answer these questions, we thought …

Calacatchara Festival has been one of the most celebrated festivals of Batangas. This is evident in the number of times the Calacatchara street dancers have wowed attendees of the annual Ala Eh! Festival – one proof that the festival of Calaca, Batangas strongly unites the people. In case you don’t …

Teachers, second parents, classroom heroes. If not for them, there won’t be doctors, engineers, soldiers, business tycoons, and other professionals who build our workforce and the community. Aside from our parents, they are the ones who exert the most efforts in teaching us what we have to learn in academics …

On October 28, 2013, exercise your right to suffrage. Malacañang declared the date a special non-working holiday for the 2013 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections. This is under Proclamation No. 656 which was signed by President Benigno Aquino in September 25. October 28 falls on a Monday so that’s …

Another entertaining event was held last September 22 at Robinson’s Place Lipa Activity area where seventeen dazzling little kids competed for Robinson’s SUPERKIDS Search 2013. Before this competition, workshops took place to hone kids’ dancing skills, modelling skills and vocal power last Sept. 14-15, 2013 which aims to enhance the …

Do you still remember the late actors Miko Sotto and AJ Perez? Both were at the height of their showbiz careers when they met an unfortunate incident that took their lives too soon. Another thing that linked the two actors was their being cornea donors. It was through the Eye …

September 13 may have fallen on a Friday but it seemed that blessings in many different forms showered Batangas province particularly its tourism sector. LGU officials of various municipalities and cities of Batangas, stakeholders of the tourism of the province, business owners, students, and advocates of local and national tourism …

It’s very rare to see a major tourist spot of the Philippines be featured in an American MTV. Rarer still is to see such huge and fearsome animals like an elephant and a tiger anywhere near Batangas province. But that’s just what happened when the Director of Katy Perry’s Roar …