TUGUEGARAO CITY — Batanes lone district Rep. Ciriaco Gato Jr. died on Monday, Sept. 21, due to cardiac arrest. He was 66. Gato’s relatives and friends confirmed his death, saying he died while being ...

The Comelec will hold special elections for representative in the lone district of Batanes following the passing of lawmaker Ciriaco Gato Jr.

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives leadership has confirmed the passing of Batanes Rep. Ciriaco Gato Jr., with the chamber’s members offering prayers for the late lawmaker. During the ...

Nagpatawag si Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia ng emergency meeting ngayong Martes, Setyembre 22, para sa gaganaping ...

The strongest Philippine answer to the emerging Chinese narrative may lie not in modern geopolitics but in the historical record. The premise, put forward by some in China, that Batanes was omitted ...

MANILA, Philippines — Chinese state media has again amplified claims questioning Philippine sovereignty over Batanes, publishing an opinion piece that argues Manila has no legal basis for exercising ...

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 and ...

Batanes hasn't had a reliable internet connection since Typhoon Ferdie hit the province in 2016. Smart's completion of its LTE network provides users a viable option to connect to the Internet. BASCO, ...

Batanes is on top of every Filipino’s bucketlist. It is a photographer’s dreamland and the only province whose entire area is declared as Protective Landscape and Seascape. Being the northernmost ...

MANILA, Philippines — Batanes islands, the northernmost part of the Philippines, has been named a new member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Network of ...

MANILA, Philippines – To escape to Batanes is to escape to a different world. Geographically, this description is not that far off. The Batanes Islands are almost as close to Taiwan as they are to ...

A cluster of islands in the northernmost region of the Philippines is so remote that they are actually closer to Taiwan than to most parts of the Philippines. The islands sit 100 miles north of Luzon, ...