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  • MoneyGram Foundation Donates 1M To Fund IP Students Learning Program

    Strengthening its thrust of helping children around the world gain access to educational facilities and learning resources, MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money-transfer services, through the MoneyGram Foundation, has donated P1 million to the Black Pencil Project.

    "Our P1 million will go a long way. The School-in-A-Box Program will provide complete study packs, teacher's kits and relevant learning-resource materials for the marginalized children from the indigenous communities," said Andrea Maramotti, MoneyGram International head of marketing for emerging markets, during the tu ...

  • Sundown In Sabtang

    I have seen it. With my two naked eyes. As the late afternoon sun carpeted the green with its soft golden rays. Slowly. Beautifully. There. In a place beyond compare.

    I guess nothing can be as poetic on that one lazy sunset hour of November 2014 in Chamantad-Tinyan Viewpoint. Aaah Batanes! You never cease to impress me! Raw. Rugged. Idyllic.

    Situated in the island municipality of Sabtang, less than an hour of faluwa ride from Ivana in the main island of Batan, Chamantad-Tinyan Viewpoint offers a panoramic view of Chamantad Cove and the rolling hills of the villages of Tinyan, all in the ...

  • The Hills Are Alive In Batanes Wonderland

    Yes, Virginia, the hills are alive not only in Salzburg, Austria of the fame musical The Sound of Music, but also in the amazing natural wonders of rolling and steep hills of Batanes Province. It might be the smallest province in the Philippines but it prides itself as one of the biggest tourist destinations with almost 20,000 annual visitors fascinated by the scenic wonders embedded there by nature.

    My wife, Mila and I, together with our friends, spouses, doctors Lyndon and Maricor Llamado, and their three children Sam, Alex and Adrianne, in our recent four-day stay in Batanes, were all aw ...

  • Chavayan A Trip Back In Time To This Remote Village In Batanes

    The tiny village is located on Sabtang Island, part of the Batanes region of the Philippines and permanently locked in ages gone by. There is only one road in and out of the village, which is nestled on a thin strip of land between the mountains and the sea.

    This small barangay (Filipino term for a village) has become one of the must-visit sights when visiting Sabtang, however it hasn't been tainted by tourism yet. For starters there is the fact that most of the visitors to Sabtang are native Filipinos exploring the farthest reaches of their country. A very minimal number of foreigners make ...

  • Not A Food Book But This Batanes Tome Is That And More

    This is not a food book," writes coauthor Marian Pastor Roces in her own separate introduction to "A Delicate Balance: Batanes Food, Ecology and Community," out this month from Muskkat (Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo), available online and through Muskkat itself.

    She is being playful, of course;' "A Delicate Balance" is every bit a food book, as the opening notes make clear, although, as it says, it is "a new kind of food book."

    This is at least partially true. Those expecting glamour shots of food and ingredients and recipes easily accessible to the home cook will be disappointed. But the ...

  • My North Batan And Sabtang Island Tour Batanes

    My North Batan and Sabtang Island Tour.

    Location:
    - Basco, Batanes Airport
    - Basco, PAGASA Station
    - Tukon Chapel (Mt. Carmel)
    - Dipnaysupuan Japanese Tunnel
    - Valugan Boulder Beach
    - Vayang Rolling Hills
    - Basco Lighthouse
    - Faluwa, traditional Ivatan Boat
    - Faluwa to Sabtang Island
    - Chamantad-Tinyan Viewpoint
    - Chavayan Village
    - The Old Beaterio
    - Morong Beach
    - Enjoying Coastal road in Sabtang
    - Sumnanga Village
    - San Vicente Ferrer Church
    - Port of Sabtang

    You must visit Batanes!