While it’s tempting to snap countless photos of Batanes’ waving landscape and postcard-perfect backdrops, travelers should look beyond its Instagram appeal ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake in the sea off Itbayat, Batanes Thursday evening but is not expected to cause damage or ...

The United States is deploying units of its NMESIS (Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System) to the island ...

EARTHQUAKE – The Phivolcs recorded a 4.5 magnitude quake in Batanes today, May 1, 2025. Here are the details.

The mock battle scenarios under the annual Balikatan military exercises between the United States and the Philippines over the weekend have not only simulated real-life war.

Only 6 percent of entire land area is comprised of flat lands. The entire Batanes archipelago boasts of nine volcanoes, of which two are considered active or have shown signs of having erupted in the ...

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 ...

Batanes is still reeling from the impact of Julian last September 30 which left damage estimated at P600 million and a declaration of a state of calamity by Gov. Marilou Cayco on October 2.

China has fiercely opposed the combat drills as provocative. Its aircraft carrier group sailed by a few days earlier near Batanes, where the U.S. military had deployed the Navy Marine ...