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This is a personal blog contributed by our former writer, Epoy Cubillas. This article and the photos Alva captured out of a witty ‘move’ he did with his camera, will prove once more that Parada ng Lechon is truly merry-making at its best! Balayan, Batangas is home to one of …

Have you heard of the Coffee Academy? It is a recent project of the Department of Education (DepEd) which was launched in Pinagtongulan National High School in Lipa City, the home of the kapeng barako. You’ve learned about the newly implemented K-12 program of DepEd which aims “to produce graduates …

Miss Lipa Tourism 2012, part of Lipa City’s 65th Founding Anniversary was held last June 16, Saturday at Plaza Independencia. Twelve beautiful young ladies from different barangays of Lipa, participated in the pageant. Although it was a rainy night, the event still went fine production-wise. The crowd went extreme when …

The world-famous “Parada ng Lechon” of Balayan, Batangas, dubbed as the ultimate fiesta experience in the Philippines, will roar to life anew on June 24. The yearly parade of hundreds of mouth-watering roast pigs originated in the old thanksgiving custom of the working class in honor of Saint John the …

And so we’re down to our last installment for the series of posts for Lemery’s 150th Founding Anniversary. These are the last notes on what happened and what we had experienced during the stretch our of events coverage. You’ve read about the Binibining Lemery Global 2012, the BangKarera and the …

Getting up early in the morning is easier when you’re waking up by the beach. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and we were up for the third and final day of the 150th Founding Anniversary celebration of Lemery. The last day was commenced with a fluvial procession. It was …

It was a sunny Friday morning as we woke up from a few hours of sleep (the Binibining Lemery Global 2012 pageant night ended past 1 AM) to witness the first Bangkang de Sagwan race set at 6 AM. The event started an hour late though. Nineteen bangkeros participated in …

Lemery has gained another beauty queen. Christina Trishia Rosas is the newly crowned Binibining Lemery Global 2012. Although the program started too late, the audience patiently waited and began cheering when the pageant hosts Simon Erwin Querrer and Diane Querrer went on stage. As inspired by the recently concluded American …