While Bantayan Island is surrounded by pristine blue marine waters, the only usable water on the island comes from rainfall. Image courtesy of Lindo S. Gigante. In 1981, then-President Ferdinand ...

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 ... to recognize the Virgin of Sorrows ...

Holy Week on Bantayan Island draws both pilgrims and tourists. Residents stage solemn processions on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, featuring life-size images of saints and scenes from the Passion ...

Bantayan Island, located just off the northernmost coast of the main island of Cebu, is such a place. Day 1. With fun-loving neighbors, lawyer-golfer-sailing enthusiast Julius Neri and his wife ...