One must fly from Manila or Clark to Basco in Batanes, travel by land to the port of Ivana ... and the picturesque Mahatao lighthouse. Midway lies Barangay Savidug, another community known ...

The governor of the Batanes islands, less than 200 km (125 miles) from Taiwan, said in August she had sought U.S. funding for a new port there. The U.S. embassy had at the time confirmed its ...