TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Region 2’s flagship initiative in Batanes has been named a finalist in the World Summit on the Information ...

MANILA, Philippines — The United States is deploying several of its antiship missile system NMESIS to northern Luzon, including in Batanes, the Philippine province nearest Taiwan, during this ...

For the tourism industry of Batanes, less is definitely more. “We only want an average number of tourists, in order to preserve the quality and interest (in the island),” 68-year-old freelance ...

Business owners and vendors in Batanes now accept payments through a Quick Response (QR) code following the launch of LANDBANK’s Cash-Lite Batanes initiative, designed to transform the province ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) – Batanes has emerged as the Philippines’ fastest-growing province, according to the 2023 Economic Performance Report recently released by the Philippine Statistics ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday said 14,000 boxes of relief goods are on their way to Batanes to help families affected by Super Typhoon Leon (international name ...

Over 2,400 houses in Batanes were damaged during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Julian, according to Governor Marilou Cayco on Tuesday. In an interview on Dobol B TV, Cayco said that around 60% of the ...

Residents in some towns of Batanes, which is now under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4, have evacuated from their homes due to the effects of Typhoon Julian, according to GMA Integrated News’ ...

While celebrated Filipino artist Pacita Abad (1946-2004) is renowned for her vibrant mixed media works that captured the essence of her global travels with her husband, Asian Development Bank (ADB ...

And here Batanes is a good case study: a remote island which is no stranger to calamities and whose people are known for resilience, self-reliance, and cooperation. The province of Batanes is the ...

The governor of the Batanes islands, less than 200km (125 miles) from Taiwan, said in August she had sought US funding for a new port there. The US embassy had at the time confirmed its diplomats ...

MANILA, Philippines — Residents of Batanes are encouraged to become Army reservists as the government plans to bolster the military capability of the island province, the nearest Philippine ...