Or more accurately, I finally crossed the water from Batan to this long-teased, mysterious island of Itbayat that I skipped during my first visit to Batanes. Now that I’m here, I get it.

The initial 5.4 magnitude quake severely cracked the bell tower of Itbayat island’s old limestone church, the 19th century Santa Maria de Mayan. The tower collapsed when the second 5.9 magnitude ...

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 ...

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.

On Itbayat, the tiny island of 3,100 that Malupa calls home, the Japanese military destroyed the only telecom radio. The next day, he saw two bombs drop near the municipal hall.

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 ...

Black Hawk helicopters descended to Itbayat before noon on Monday, ... US Holds Drills With the Philippines at Tiny Island Near Taiwan. Itbayat is about 100 miles from Taiwan’s southermost tip; ...

BATANES, Philippines – U.S. Army Soldiers, Philippine Army soldiers, and local government officials broke ground in Itbayat, Batanes, during a ceremony May 6, 2024, signifying the start of ...

The Philippines has opened a new coast guard station on an island near Taiwan to increase surveillance over an area that has seen a military buildup and frequent presence of Chinese vessels.

MANILA, Philippines — Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight ...