Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Well preserved stone houses along Chavayan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. All photos by Owen Ballesteros "That wasn't ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BUILT OF NATURE This vintage stone house that stands near the colonial San Vicente Ferrer Church in Sabtang town, Batanes province, has roofing and walls 61 centimeters thick and made of cogon, reed, ...

ITBAYAT, BATANES — A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Sabtang, the southernmost island town of Batanes on Sunday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck waters off Sabtang in Batanes on Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake, which was of ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. With a week to spend in Batanes, we were determined to visit at least two islands. Since we were staying on Batan ...