Batangas,officially the Province of Batangas,is a first class province of the Philippines located in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Calabarzon region. Its capital is the city of Batangas,and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north,and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Poetically,Batangas is often referred to by its ancient name,Kumintáng.
Tagaytay,officially the City of Tagaytay,is a 2nd class component city in the province of Cavite,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 85,330 people.
Sergio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was vice president under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden death in 1944,Osmeña succeeded him at age 65,becoming the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency until Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016 at age 71. A founder of the Nacionalista Party,Osmeña was also the first Visayan to become president.
JoséPaciano Laurel y García was a Filipino politician,lawyer,and judge,who served as the president of the Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic,a puppet state during World War II,from 1943 to 1945. Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965),Laurel has been officially recognized by later administrations as a former president of the Philippines.
Claro Mayo Recto Jr. was a Filipino politician,statesman,lawyer,jurist,author,writer,columnist,and poet. Perhaps best known as the president of the 1934 Constitutional Convention and the Father of the 1935 Philippine Constitution,he is remembered as a fierce opponent of U.S. "neocolonialism" in Asia and for his staunch nationalist leadership throughout his career.
Talisay,officially the Municipality of Talisay,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Batangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 46,238 people.
Tanauan,officially the City of Tanauan,is a 1st class component city in the province of Batangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 193,936 people.
Laurel,officially the Municipality of Laurel,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Batangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 43,210 people.
Lemery,officially the Municipality of Lemery,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 93,186 people.
Taal,officially the Municipality of Taal,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Batangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 61,460 people.
Vicente Castelo Sotto III,professionally known as Tito Sotto,is a Filipino politician,entertainer and athlete who served as Senate President from 2018 to 2022. Before that,he had two stints each as Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader. He served a total of four terms in the Senate:1992 to 2004 and 2010 to 2022,tying the record for the longest-serving Senator with Lorenzo Tañada and Franklin Drilon. In between his stints in the Senate,he led the Dangerous Drugs Board for a year. He became the Vice Mayor of Quezon City from 1988 to 1992,and later unsuccessfully ran for vice president in the 2022 elections as Panfilo Lacson's running mate.
Don Felipe Agoncillo y Encarnación was the Filipino lawyer representative to the negotiations in Paris that led to the Treaty of Paris (1898),ending the Spanish–American War and achieving him the title of "outstanding first Filipino diplomat."
Ralph Gonzalez Recto is a Filipino politician currently serving as the 33rd Secretary of Finance under President Bongbong Marcos since January 12,2024. He previously served as the representative for Batangas' 6th district and as the House Deputy Speaker from 2022 to 2024.
Vicente Yap Sotto was a Filipino playwright,journalist,and politician who served as a senator from 1946 to 1950. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1922 to 1925,representing Cebu's 2nd district. He was the main author of the Press Freedom Law.
The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and in Southeast Asia in general. It is responsible for leading the country throughout most of the 20th century since its founding in 1907;it was the ruling party from 1935 to 1946,1953–1961 and 1965–1972.
The Casa Villavicencio or Casa V is a Spanish Colonial Era house in Taal,Batangas,Philippines. Built in 1850,Don Eulalio Villavicencio inherited the house upon the death of his parents. In 1919,Governor General Francis B. Harrison slept in the house as a guest of Sen. Vicente Ilustre,son-in-law of Doña Gliceria,to inaugurate the electric plant in Taal.
Antonio de las Alas y Noble was a Filipino politician and business leader.
Taal Volcano in Batangas,Philippines began to erupt on January 12,2020,when a phreatomagmatic eruption from its main crater spewed ashes over Calabarzon,Metro Manila,and some parts of Central Luzon and Ilocos Region,resulting in the suspension of school classes,work schedules,and flights in the area. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) subsequently issued an Alert Level 4,indicating "that a hazardous explosive eruption is possible within hours to days." Volcanic activity continued into 2021,when smaller eruptions occurred in July 2021. On 26 March 2022,a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption was recorded by PHIVOLCS raising the status from Alert level 2 to Alert level 3 as well as surrounding towns.
Batangas's 1st congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Batangas. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the western Batangas municipalities of Balayan,Calatagan,Lemery,Lian,Nasugbu,Taal and Tuy and the component city of Calaca. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Eric Buhain of the Nacionalista Party (NP).
Ramón Diokno y Marasigan was a Filipino statesman,jurist,Associate Justice,and one of the foremost nationalists of his generation. He fought the American Parity Rights Amendment and was one of four senators to be ousted so that the amendment may be ratified. He later became Associate Justice under Ramon Magsaysay but had the shortest term when he died two months and eleven days later. He is the father of former Senator Jose W. Diokno,the father of human rights and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG),and grandfather of Atty. Jose Manuel Tadeo "Chel" Diokno,the dean of the De La Salle University (DLSU) Tañada-Diokno College of Law. Justice Diokno is famous for writing the ponencia in the Re:Cunanan case.
