CEBU, Philippines – Jeowy Loyloy Ompad, among the top 10 passers of the 2025 Bar Exams, is the proud son of a fisherfolk family from Santa Fe town in Bantayan Island, Cebu.

CEBU, Philippines — Tourists and visitors alike can now avail of a 30-minute flight from the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) to Bantayan Island. This, after the inaugural commercial flight ...

The Municipality of Bantayan used to comprise the entire island. Now it is composed of the towns of Bantayan, Madridejos, and Santa Fe. In the book of lawyer Gervasio Lira Lavilles, “Cebu: History of ...

Bantayan Island, located off the coast of the northern part of Cebu, was among the places hit by super typhoon Yolanda in November 2013. The tragedy left 90 percent of the houses and structures in the ...

BANTAYAN ISLAND, Cebu (PIA) — “Swimming with the fish” may soon be an anticipated experience that visitors can look forward to as an amazing tourism experience in the town of Bantayan, northern Cebu ...

In a bid to make fish and other seafood affordable, the long-planned fish landing facility in Bantayan, northern Cebu will ...

BANTAYAN ISLAND, Cebu—For several decades now, the mere mention of Semana Santa (Holy Week) on Bantayan Island in northern Cebu conjures up images of a fiesta. This has been the general impression of ...

Flight to Bantayan Island from Mactan Island opens, cutting what used to be a six-hour trip by land and a ferry boat ride to just 30 minutes. The inaugural flight via a 72-seater twin-engine turboprop ...

Former Miss Universe Philippines titleholder Gazini Ganados flew to Bantayan Island on November 28, to visit some of its tourist spots including the Saints Peter and Paul Church and Virgin Island.