English: Flowers in -- Batangas State University Jose P. Laurel Polytechnic College[1] The Batangas State University Jose P. Laurel Polytechnic College formerly Jose P. Laurel Sr. Memorial School of Arts and Trades is a local technology-based curriculum satellite campus of Batangas State University[2] located in Malvar, Batangas. It was established on June 15, 1968 and later elevated into a college by the virtue of the Republic Act 7518 which was passed by the Philippine Congress on May 21, 1992. Years later on March 22, 2010, the school was acquired by Batangas State University as a satellite campus after the proclamation of the Republic Act 9045.[3] Batangas State University System[4] Malvar, Batangas [5] is a second class municipality in the Province of Batangas[6], Philippines. As of 2009, the population of Malvar was 41,270 and the total number of households was 8,678. The municipality was named after General Miguel Malvar[7], the last Filipino General to surrender to the American Government in the Philippines in 1902.[8] Geographical location: Batangas, Region 4, Philippines, Asia geographical coordinates: 14° 2' 41" North, 121° 9' 31" East [9] Coordinates: 14°1'55"N 121°8'42"E