Batanes is composed of eleven tiny islands. Of these, only three are inhabited (Batan, Itbayat, and Sabtang) while the islets of Dinem, Siayan, Ditarem, Misanga, Mavudis, Dequey and Vuhus are all ...

Castillo said the maritime surveillance operations that covered the northern tip of Batanes Island were a parallel effort by PAF to enhance the wide external defense mission of the Armed Forces of ...