While we mourn the loss of human lives and age-old structures during the recent earthquake that rocked Itbayat Island in Batanes, my mind and pen go back to Sabtang, a neighboring island that was ...

"That wasn't so scary," I thought as I stepped off the big and wide faluwa and into the port of Sabtang, in Batanes province. It was a bright, sunny day, but even then, I regarded the 30-minute boat ...

A visit should include sorties to at least one of its two other main islands, to see even more untouched Ivatan villages Written by: Ambassador Virgilio Reyes Jr. The Philippines has its own version ...

Sabtang Island, with only about 1,700 inhabitants, is the smallest of the three inhabited islands of Batanes. Still, the Sabteños clearly distinguish themselves from the rest of the province through ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off Sabtang, Batanes on Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Based on Phivolcs’ ...

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Julian maintained its strength as it moved over the coastal waters of Batanes on Monday afternoon, the state weather bureau said. In its 2 pm. bulletin, the Philippine ...

In the second episode of the Drone and Phone special in Batanes, Don Lejano and DJ Clark braved the rough seas going to Sabtang Island. There they managed to do some trekking, visited a stone house ...

With a week to spend in Batanes, we were determined to visit at least two islands. Since we were staying on Batan island, we just had to visit either Sabtang or Itbayat to achieve our goal. But the ...