Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Batangas

Committee hearing of the Committee on Risk Reduction, chaired by Hon. Marcus Dominic S. Mendoza, subject matter: Privilege matter of Hon. Board Member Marcus Dominic S. Mendoza (4th District of Batangas) the proposed procurement of hazardous material capable response vehicles.

Committee hearing of the Committee on Appropriations, presided by the Vice Chairperson Hon. Fred Corona, with the subject matter : Annual Investment Program 2026 of the Province of Batangas

Committee hearing of the Committee on Games and Amusement, chaired by Hon. Hamilton G. Blanco, on the review of a resolution from the Sangguniang Bayan of Lobo

Happy Birthday to our Senior Board Member Doc Jun Berberabe!

Happy Birthday, Doc Jun! 🎉

From all of us — your staff and team who are privileged to work alongside you every day — maligayang kaarawan po, Doc Jun! Your dedication, compassion, and unwavering commitment to serve continue to inspire us to do better and give our best in everything we do.

Thank you for being more than just a leader; thank you for being our mentor and our constant source of encouragement. Your heart for public service and genuine care for people truly make a difference in our lives and in the communities we serve.

May this day bring you the same joy and warmth that you effortlessly share with everyone around you. Wishing you good health, happiness, and more years of meaningful service ahead.

Today is Local Government Day!

Every October 10, we celebrate Local Government Day, a meaningful reminder of the enduring spirit of decentralization and empowerment ushered in by the Local Government Code of 1991. This landmark legislation continues to shape a governance system in the Philippines that is participatory, responsive, transparent, and accountable.

Today, we honor the unwavering dedication of local government leaders, personnel, and stakeholders who tirelessly work to build a matatag, maginhawa, at panatag na buhay for every Filipino. Their commitment to service embodies the true essence of good local governance.

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗟(𝗦) 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞: 𝗔 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗦

Blazon (Rosario): 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘖𝘳: 𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥, 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘖𝘳.

Blazon (Padre Garcia): 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭, 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳.

Out of 1,493 municipalities in the Philippines, five are named “Rosario,” most of which were established by Spanish missionaries and named so after their titular patroness, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. The oldest and largest among them all in terms of geography and population is the town of Rosario in Batangas, which was so large it had to be split into two in 1949.

Rosario undivided is believed to have been established 1687 and initially ministered to by the Augustinians, who at some point in time ceded their ministry to the Dominicans, which led to the designation of Our Lady of the Rosary as the town’s patroness and namesake. Rosario’s 𝘱𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 was originally located six miles south of Lipa downstream of the Balintawak-Rosario River, but was relocated in 1902 to the foot of Tombol Hill one mile further south after the original 𝘱𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 was razed by Filipino revolutionary forces under General Miguel Malvar at the end of the Philippine-American War. The Spanish-era 𝘱𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 was nonetheless resettled after the War and became what is now the town of Padre Garcia, named after Fr. Vicente Garcia, a secular priest and native of Rosario, who wrote an impassioned defense of Jose Rizal’s 𝘕𝘰𝘭𝘪 𝘔𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦 against accusations of heresy by the Augustinian friar Jose Rodriguez.

The municipal seals of the two towns were recent compositions, created after the issuance of DILG Memorandum Order No. 92-30, hence the designs were quite unconventional and avant-garde in terms of good heraldic design, but nonetheless conforms to its basic rules: In Rosario’s case, the shield is quartered by a Latin cross (𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘹 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢) which doubles as the cross hanging at the end of a Rosary encircling the shield – a 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 (rebus) of the town’s name. At the canton is a stylized depiction of Tombol Hill, while the three remaining quarters represent livestock, agriculture and industry respectively, the town’s primary economic movers. (The town of) Padre Garcia, on the other hand, chose symbols exclusively devoted to agriculture and livestock, without any specific symbol representing its namesake, although the division of the field by an inverted pall is directly adopted from the design of the corporate seal of the Province of Batangas.

On account of their shared history and common heritage, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary is patroness of both Rosario and Padre Garcia, although their respective parochial churches enshrine two different icons: Rosario’s icon of Our Lady takes the appearance of Our Lady of Victory (the version of the icon associated with the victory of the Battle of Lepanto in 1571), while Padre Garcia’s version resembles the Baroque icon originally enshrined at the church of the Dominicans in Manila, to which the naval victory against the Dutch in 1646-7 was attributed by the Spanish Navy, lending to her the title “𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢”

14th Regular Session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Batangas with the Little Officials of the Province of Batangas.

ROAD CLOSURE | On October 3, 2025, Sitio Centro, Brgy. San Gregorio, Laurel, Batangas, is temporarily passable for motorcycles only due to a Collapsed Road with slope protection due to a landslide.

Source: Laurel, Batangas

Commiitee hearing of the Committee on Housing and Land Utilization, chaired by Hon. Aries Emmanuel D. Mendoza, regarding various reclassification and rezoning ordinances.

Joint Committee hearing of the Committee on Laws and Ordinances, chaired by Hon. Oscar M. Gozos II, and Committee on Health and Sanitation, chaired by Hon. Emilio Francisco A. Berberabe, Jr., on the establishment and operation of dialysis centers in the hospitals of the Provincial Government of Batangas.

𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗬:

Based on the latest PAGASA advisories on the expected effects of Severe Tropical Storm and also based on the results that transpired during the emergency meeting and Pre-Disaster Risk Assessment conducted by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) this morning, 25 September 2025, at the Provincial Capitol, Governor Vilma Santos-Recto, through Memorandum VSR No. 4 s. 2025, has raised the Emergency Preparedness and Response Protocol of the Province of Batangas from BRAVO to CHARLIE, and elevated the Provincial Emergency Operations Center from BLUE to RED Alert Status.

As a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of Batangueños, Governor Vilma Santos-Recto declares the 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 in 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗦, both 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲, throughout the 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗦, tomorrow, 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

So ordered.

God bless Batangas!

Stay Batangueños!