During the Second World War, the Japanese forces turned the San Agustin Church into a concentration camp for prisoners. As the Battle of Manila in 1945 draw to close, the Japanese held hostage priests and hundreds of residents inside the church. To drive out the remaining Japanese, American an...
During the festival, town musicians cover daily the assigned areas to partake the food serve by the host and to play music to the tune of Kuradang, Dalaga sa Baybayon, etc. This is also the period that carollers render Christmas songs to the families of the host area. ...
built in March 2003, that stands on the same site of Basco’s first lighthouse and theAmerican periodtelegraphfacilities that connected Batanes with the central government until it was destroyed by the Japanese Imperial Army bombings at the start ofWorld War II. ...
white-sand beaches, and jaw-dropping landscapes, it is also known for its pearl farms, seaweed plantations, and Japanese shipwrecks from the Second World War. Due to these and its preserved underwater sanctuaries,