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25 unusual facts about Batangas


Agoncillo

Agoncillo, Batangas, a municipality in the Province of Batangas, Philippines

Armour of God II: Operation Condor

The scene where he stole the gem from the cave tribe and escaped by zorbing was shot in Mount Macolod in Cuenca, Batangas.

Balete

Balete, Batangas, a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines

Basic needs

The Municipality of Rosario, Batangas, Philippines implemented its Aksyon ng Bayan Rosario 2001 And Beyond Human and Ecological Security Plan using this concept as a core strategy through the Minimum Basic Needs Approach to Improved Quality of Life - Community-Based Information System (MBN-CBIS) prescribed by the Philippine Government.

Capacity building

The Municipality of Rosario, Batangas, Philippines provided a concrete example related to this concept.

DWAL

Samuel "DJ Sam" Barral (rest of 4th District)- Just like Kakang Bising, DJ Sam started as a relay listener of events in the 4th district, specifically Rosario, Batangas, giving the current events through text messages.

Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz

This saintly way of life that he exemplified caused the people of Las Piñas opposed his transfer to Sto. Tomas, Batangas.

García

Padre Garcia, Batangas, municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines

Hemileia vastatrix

In the last decades of the nineteenth century, coffee rust did serious damage to the coffee plantations of Sri Lanka, Philippines, Java and Malaya, which led to the collapse of the coffee industry in Lipa, Batangas and almost putting the extinction of the Arabica variety.

Jose Lopez Manzano Tuy National Highschool

Jose Lopez Manzano Tuy National High School (JLMTNHS) is a school in the municipality of Tuy, Batangas, Philippines averaging a 400 enrollments annually.

Mount Macolod

Mount Macolod (also called Mount Makulot or Mount Maculot) is a mountain located in the town of Cuenca in Batangas province, in the Philippines.

National Power Corporation

Meralco units covered by the initial sale are those of Malaya 1 in Pililia, Rizal; Gardners 1 and II and Synders 1 and II in Sucat, Parañaque, and fuel storage facilities in San Pascual, Batangas.

Raymond Townsend

He is half-Filipino; Townsend's mother, the former Virginia Marella, is a Filipina from Balayan, Batangas while his father, Ray Sr., is American.

Rex Navarrete

Navarrete, on the other hand, was raised by his grandparents in the provinces of Cavite and Batangas.

Ronald Humarang

Ronald Jaimeer C. Humarang (born December 15, 1994 in Agoncillo, Batangas, Philippines) is a Filipino singer and actor.

Rosario Advent High School

Rosario Advent High School is a school in Rosario, Batangas Philippines

Sampiro National High School

Sampiro National High School is a Secondary Public High School located at Sitio Ugatan, Sampiro, San Juan, Batangas, Philippines (South west of brgy. Sampiro, South East of brgy. Sapangan, North West of brgy. Quipot,).

Sandali Na Lang

In deed, the video was shot at a good location, somewhere in the tip of Batangas, Philippines overlooking the Pacific.

Saturnina Hidalgo

She was married to Manuel T. Hidalgo, a native and one of the richest persons in Tanauan, Batangas.

SM City Batangas

Also facing the main facade of the building is a clear view of Mapolo Hill, located in the municipality of Taysan.

SM City Calamba

The mall is highly accessible through the Maharlika highway from Santo Tomas, Batangas while the Manila South Road provides excellent transport to and from the eastern towns of Laguna.

SM Mall of Asia

The terminal also serves as a passenger port for tourists who will travel to SM's tourism estate, the Hamilo Coast, in Nasugbu, Batangas.

The Bud Brothers Series

The books tells the story of eight different men (Vince Banaag, Wayne Alban, Pete Labrador, Carlo Domingo, Dr. Ed Lacson, Rei Arambulo, Monty Geronimo & Pio Andong Jr.) who decided to start a flower farm, called The Bud Brothers Flower Farm, in Lian, Batangas and their adventures in love.

Vicente Garcia

Padre Garcia was born in the village of Maugat, formerly a part of Rosario but now a barangay of Padre Garcia, on April 5, 1817 to parents Don Jose Garcia and Dona Andrea Teodoro.

Last July 12, 1999 his remains were re-interred in the church of the Holy Rosary in the town proper of Padre Garcia (the old seat of the township of Rosario).


2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship

The first two rounds were held at the First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities (FAITH) Gym in Tanauan, Batangas from November 25 to 26; the final three rounds are held at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig from November 28 to December 3.

Armando Sanchez

He survived an assassination attempt on June 1, 2006 when he was able to get out of his Hummer H2 that exploded while boarding it inside the Batangas Capitol Grounds.

Crocodile farming in the Philippines

The PWRCC sold saltwater crocodile products to seven "authorized commercial operators" in the regions of Luzon (particularly in Batangas, Cavite, Rizal, and Tarlac), Visayas (such as in Negros Occidental), and Mindanao (including Cagayan de Oro and Davao del Norte).

Hector Tarrazona

In 1970, he took an undergraduate pilot training in the Philippine Air Force Flying School in Fernando Air Base in Lipa, Batangas; and in 1982, he went to Monterey, California, U.S.A. to study International Defense Management at the Naval Postgraduate School and International Defense Management.

José Laurel

José B. Laurel, Jr. (1912–1998), Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Representative of the 3rd District of Batangas, son of José P. Laurel

Leviste

Antonio Leviste, Governor of Batangas province in the Philippines from 1972 to 1980.

Expedito Leviste, Congressman from Batangas province in the Philippines

Feliciano Leviste, Governor of Batangas province in the Philippines from 1947 to 1972.

Miguel Malvar

Beginning January 1902, American General J. Franklin Bell took command of operations in Batangas and practiced scorched earth tactics that took a heavy toll on both guerrilla fighters and civilians alike.

Mount Sungay

Nearby mountains visible from Mount Sungay include Mount Makiling in Laguna/Batangas border; Mount Malepunyo and Mount Macolod in Batangas; and Mount Banahaw in Quezon.

Southeast Asian coral reefs

On September 24, 2007, Reef Check (the world’s largest reef conservation organization) stated that only 5% of Philippines' 27,000 square-kilometers of coral reef are in “excellent condition” : Tubbataha Reef, Marine Park in Palawan, Apo Island in Negros Oriental, Apo Reef in Puerto Galera, Mindoro, and Verde Island Passage off Batangas.

St. Joseph School – La Salle

It is the third of the third generation of La Salle schools, which were founded by the De La Salle Brothers in the country, which include: La Salle Academy-Iligan (Iligan, Lanao del Norte: 198), La Salle Green Hills (Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila: 1959), and De La Salle Lipa (Lipa City, Batangas: 1962).