CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – Key leaders and stakeholders of the province of Batanes manifested their support for the PH-US Forces Balikatan Exercise 38-23 after learning its benefits and objectives from the Northern Luzon Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Their support was announced...
BASCO, Batanes – An Osprey helicopter carrying American soldiers landed at Basco Airport here on Monday, April 10, a day before that start of the biggest “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises between Philippines and the United States on Tuesday, April 11. The provincial...
Baguio City (COMMONS WIKIPEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) Baguio City and Basco, Batanes recorded the same minimum air temperature of 13 degrees Celsius (°C) on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, based on the monitoring Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
BATANES – One mistake a sender should avoid when sending a certain amount through GCash is “wrong recipient.” Such was the case of a lady sender from Quezon City who sent an amount of ₱15,000 to a wrong recipient. Fortunately for her, the cash was sent to an honest policeman who did not...
BATANES – A small plane carrying five passengers including an infant, crashed on the runway after a bad landing at the Itbayat Airport in Itbayat town here on Wednesday morning, Dec. 14. The good news was, the plane’s five passengers and the two pilots identified as Capt. Adrian Jether Don B...
BATANES – This archipelagic province in the Cagayan Valley Region can now showcase its own products with the launching of the One Town One Product (OTOP) Hub here last Dec. 5. The hub, located at Itbud, in the Municipality of Uyugan, is the first in Batanes and the sixth in Region 2. OTOP Hub...
Four lighthouses were commissioned by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Batanes on Friday, Dec. 9, in a move seen to keep the identities of Ivatan people known worldwide. Courtesy of PCG Adm. Artemio Abu, PCG Commandant, led the commissioning ceremony of the lighthouses that the Coast Guard...
BATANES -- The Philippine Coast Guard responded to a distressed motorized boat Sto. Thomas III laden with 91 passengers and 12 crew after it encountered mechanical trouble, approximately one nautical mile away from the port of destination in Radiwan, Ivana, Batanes on Monday morning, May 30. Photo...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will operate additional flights between Manila and Tagbilaran (Panglao) beginning May 17, 2022, and between Manila and Basco (Batanes) by May 20, 2022, the flag carrier announced Thursday, May 12. 83046 From May 17, PAL will increase its Manila-Tagbilaran-Manila services...
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted waters off Batanes, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, April 11. (Phivolcs) Phivolcs, in its report, said that the quake was recorded around 9:47 p.m. on Monday, April 11. The epicenter of the quake...
(Phivolcs) A 5.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Batanes at around 9:53 p.m., Saturday, March 26, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 40 kilometers (km) northeast of Basco, Batanes, and was shallow at a...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has pledged to continue initiating and supporting measures that seek to improve access to quality healthcare especially in far-flung areas around the country. Go made the assurance during the launch of the 150th Malasakit Center at the Batanes General Hospital in...
