The US sent both the drone-killing MADIS and anti-ship NMESIS systems to the Philippines for a major exercise.

The United States is deploying several of its antiship missile system NMESIS to northern Luzon, including in Batanes, the ...

A Chinese research vessel was seen operating northeast of Batanes province on Tuesday morning, April 15 — ignoring repeated ...

The municipalities of Basco, Mahatao, Ivana, and Uyugan, are located on Batan Island. The remaining two island municipalities are Sabtang and Itbayat. The main languages spoken in Batanes are Ivatan, ...

Batanes. In a statement, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela said Zhong Shan Da Xue was located 78.21 nautical miles northeast of Itbayat on Tuesday morning. “The ...

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 ...