CEBU CITY, Philippines — In a country where Catholics traditionally abstain from eating meat during Lent, one island quietly stands apart. On Bantayan Island in northern Cebu, some residents ...

Shuvee has been given the title “Ang Island Ate ng Cebu” – one that her mother fully supports, given her daughter’s deep roots in Bantayan Island. “When she was still little and my mom ...

IN A move intended to stabilize the supply of juvenile fish for local aquaculture operations, the Bantayan Island Legislated Multi-Species Marine Hatchery (BILMSMH) announced its first harvest of ...

“Ever since, UP Cebu has been at the center of the city and it’s very inaccessible. That’s why in 2022 or 2023, we also had collaborations with Santa Fe for the Bantayan Island Campus in the north. So ...

SEA TRAVEL. Passengers in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental board a vessel bound for Bantayan Island, Cebu on Nov. 1, 2024. Authorities on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) said the number of passengers in all ...

SEA TRAVEL. Passengers in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental board a vessel bound for Bantayan Island, Cebu in an undated photo. The Philippine Ports Authority on Monday (April 21, 2025) said it recorded ...

Philippe Bartholomi, co-founder and COO of Hospitality Resources – a new hotel management firm formed in Cebu last year – will also take on ...

In January, Oceana and several other petitioners, including the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, the municipality of Santa Fe in Bantayan Island, Cebu, and four fisherfolk, filed a petition ...