The mayor of Taal, Batangas has urged residents to drink bottled water for the meantime as the local government unit (LGU) is looking for an alternative source of potable water after their water supply was contaminated by arsenic. Taal Mayor Pong Mercado declared that 10 barangays in the...
There is not much mainstream fanfare for passion fruits ( Passiflora edulis ) here in the Philippines. The yellow variety the country has is sour and there is not much to eat on the fruit except its seedy pulp. But once upon a time, a booming industry that centered on this fruit thrived in Taysan,...
A basket of freshly harvested passion fruit. (Jerome Sagcal) Passion fruit ( Passiflora edulis ) is usually eaten by scooping out the pulp. The pulp, however, is only a small portion of the fruit, so most of the passion fruit is actually not used. The big remainder of the fruit is its flesh, which...
Several public buildings in Calatagan, Batangas sustained minor cracks after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit on Sunday morning, May 22. (Photo courtesy of Calatagn MDRRMO) Ronald Torres, chief of Calatagan municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDRRMO), said cracks were noted at...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna -- A rookie policeman shot dead an amok that stabbed a tricycle driver on Saturday morning in Barangay Ilat North in San Pascual, Batangas. According to the report reaching Police Regional Office-4A (PRO4A), the suspect was identified as Rolly Axalan, 45, a resident of San...
Robinsons Land, one of the Philippines' leading real estate developers, virtually unveiled last April 2, 2022 its first premier luxury horizontal enclave, Forbes Estates Lipa – a master planned community that affords its residents the elusive luxury of space, time, and a life well-lived. Main...
House Speaker Lord Alan Velasco has condoled with the Mandanas family over the passing of former Marinduque Rep. Gina Reyes-Mandanas. Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas (left) and former Marinduque Rep. Gina Reyes-Mandanas (Photo from Hermilando Mandanas's Facebook) "We are deeply saddened by...
What was supposed to be a fun swimming event turned out tragic as five children went missing in Balete, Batangas on Tuesday, May 3. In an incident report, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the children took a dip at the vicinity waters off Barangay Looc that is part of Taal Lake when they went...
BAUAN, Batangas—With the governor endorsing another presidential candidate, past and current local officials of this province have moved instead to campaign for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo to ensure a repeat of her winning feat here. Among those who stood up for Robredo...
Vice President Leni Robredo won with a little over 200,000 votes against main rival former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the 2016 vice-presidential race. Some would say Batangas almost single-handedly delivered that win since Robredo got 253,109 votes more than the former senator in the...
As the May 9 elections draw near, the three daughters of Vice President Leni Robredo are not easing up their house-to-house efforts as they continue to relentlessly campaign for her around the country. Tricia Robredo woos voters in Camiguin on Saturday, April 30. (Photo from Leni People’s...
As a solo parent herself, Vice President Leni Robredo plans to provide cash assistance to solo parents who are minimum wage earners to help in raising their children. Vice President Leni Robredo poses for a photo with supporters in Nasugbu, Batangas during a mini rally on Saturday, April 30. (Photo...
