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                    [ArticleID] => 1539663
                    [Title] => High air fare not an obstacle to Batanes travel
                    [Summary] => 

For ordinary tourists, the cost of flying to Batanes, located in the northernmost tip of the country, may be steep.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-05 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414033 [Title] => Uniquely Batanes: Arius food products [Summary] =>

When one talks about Batanes, one will probably blabber about the endless rolling hills, the majestic view of the Pacific Ocean, the rustic Ivatan traditional house, the lofty lighthouses, the heartwarming Ivatans, among others.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267280 [AuthorName] => Diana Rose A. de Leon [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/agriculture/20150118/Arius-fruit-Wine.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1341676 [Title] => VP lauds Ivatans for preserving culture [Summary] =>

Vice President Jejomar Binay recently cited the importance of local government support in cultural preservation, as he lauded the Ivatans for their efforts to keep their traditions as an indigenous people.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 958139 [Title] => Batanes marks 230th founding anniversary [Summary] =>

The province is celebrating its 230th founding anniversary today with several cultural and economic activities that aim to showcase its history.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366933 [AuthorName] => Jack Castaño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 803788 [Title] => Batanes: God's shadow on earth [Summary] =>

There is a place where the icy winds grip the sharp, craggy cliffs, the verdant, rolling pasturelands and turquoise oceans.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135405 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231640 [AuthorName] => Christine S. Dayrit [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img94/9291/travel1thumb.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798846 [Title] => Are we being led to war? Batanes interlude [Summary] =>

It is a truism that unless we are fully aware of the implications of events, we would not act intelligently.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 760849 [Title] => Batanes has natural Christmas trees [Summary] =>

BASCO, Batanes, Philippines – This idyllic northernmost province has no need for artificial Christmas trees.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 720785 [Title] => Batanes to host National Museum branch [Summary] =>

A branch of the National Museum will soon rise in the 3.5-hectare former site of the old United States Coast Guard Station (USCG) in Barangay Imnajbu, 28 kilometers from here.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 655400 [Title] => Batanes bids for Unesco heritage site nod [Summary] =>

Batanes is again making a bid for inclusion in the list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), the state-run Philippine Information Agency (PIA) said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354014 [Title] => Toughen anti-money laundering law [Summary] => One of the amazing things I noticed shortly after Britain exposed the terrorist threat the other week was how quickly the Bank of England, their central bank, was able to order the freezing of the accounts of the key suspects. In fact, the world got to know the names of those arrested through the announcement of the Bank of England.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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