On the journey back to Batan Island, I found myself fighting off nausea aboard a small faluwa, the traditional Ivatan boat known for its open deck, deep hull, and absence of outriggers, built to ...

More than 1,000 residents of hard-hit Itbayat island — nearly half of the island’s population of mostly fishermen — were advised not to return to their homes and stay in the town plaza as ...

Philippines earthquakes: Eight dead and 60 injured as quakes hit north of country The initial 5.4 magnitude quake severely cracked the bell tower of Itbayat island’s old limestone church, the ...

The low pressure area (LPA) being monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) is now a tropical depression, ...

Back in Basco, in the capital of the tiny Philippine province of the Batanes islands, 21-year-old Ave Marie Garcia is helping travellers get flights to and from her home island of Itbayat.

Itbayat is one of the most remote islands in the Batanes region. Steep cliffs line the island's waters.

Black Hawk helicopters descended to Itbayat before noon on Monday, ushering a platoon of US and Philippine marines to conduct rare military drills on the Southeast Asian nation’s northernmost ...

Itbayat feels like the Philippines’ best-kept secret — the far-flung Batanes island that's one of the country’s oldest settlements, and yet in terms of tourism, still an infant ...

Indigenous people in Philippines's north 'ready to fight' The remote island of Itbayat is in the eye of any conflict with China and its residents are preparing themselves.