It will be another cool night with temperatures in the low 60s, with cloudy skies and spot showers.

Fly over Batanes, the Philippines’ northernmost province, where dramatic cliffs, rolling green hills, and traditional Ivatan villages meet the vast Pacific Ocean. This breathtaking drone footage ...

Philippine Information Agency (PIA)TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) — The provincial government of Batanes received a brand-new sea ambulance from the Department of Health (DOH) to enhance the emergency ...

Batanes is embracing a shift toward balanced tourism, with local stakeholders advocating for a manageable number of visitors to preserve the archipelago’s cultural and natural integrity.

The United States is deploying several of its antiship missile system NMESIS to northern Luzon, including in Batanes.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) — The officials of Batanes province have requested the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to allow the Ivatans to quarry within their territorial ...

For the tourism industry of Batanes, less is definitely more. “We only want an average number of tourists, in order to preserve the quality and interest (in the island),” 68-year-old freelance ...

Batan Island, the gateway to Batanes, is one of three main islands of the province (the others are Sabtang and Itbayat) and home to four of the province’s six municipalities, including Basco ...

LANDBANK, in partnership with the Provincial Government of Batanes, is leading this Province’s shift towards a cash-lite economy by expanding access to innovative digital payment solutions. This ...

With so many long weekends in the Philippines, weekend getaways are in order. Instead of travelling abroad, explore local destinations instead.

There is, in fact, such a place in the Philippines: the remote village of Chavayan on the island of Sabtang in Batanes. Home to about 200 residents, Chavayan is where stone houses — most built over a ...

Our delayed arrival at Basco was more than compensated for by the beautiful sunny day and the cool breeze. The gorgeous view of the Pacific that one gets from the Fundacion Pacita hotel would be ...