BASCO, Batanes — To support local rice farmers. The Department of Agriculture (DA) distributed Rice Farmer Financial Assistance (RFFA) to 49 farmer-beneficiaries in Itbayat, Batanes. Marvin Luis, the ...

the Racuh a Payaman or “Marlboro Country,” the Chavayan Village in Sabtang Island filled with the iconic Ivatan stone houses and the Alapad Rock Formations that serve as the background for the ...

But Batanes is also unique in a way that its Ivatan people are fiercely protective of the way of life here and at the same time unselfish and ever-ready to extend a warm welcome to visitors willing to ...