CEBU CITY, Philippines — In a country where Catholics traditionally abstain from eating meat during Lent, one island quietly stands apart. On Bantayan Island in northern Cebu, some residents ...

The Bantayan Indult, now 200 years old, allowed locals to consume meat during Lent and Holy Week, exempting them from fasting and abstinence practices observed by Catholics.

What would you do to get your favorite band back together? That’s the question in “The Ballad of Wallis Island.” Hitting theaters everywhere on April 18 and directed by James Griffiths ...

CEBU, Philippines — The local government unit of Bantayan in northern Cebu is set to tackle the town’s persistent water problem by securing a P300-million loan from Landbank. In a Facebook ...

In her introduction video, Etrata said she is the eldest child out of nine siblings, and she is supporting her family, who are left behind in Bantayan Island. “Isa lang naman akong simpleng ...

A dance teacher from Hilton Head Island High School was arrested with allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student. Victoria Katherine Montgomery, 32, of Bluffton, was charged Friday with ...

Material is the message. This exploration of mind, media and matter, process and substance, is the theme for Wallpaper* and StoneX’s ‘Material Alchemists’ exhibition, running at the Triennale di ...

A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were looking ahead to the Easter weekend. A spokesman for Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of ...

(WJAR) — The Rhode Island State Police Department have charged three individuals with narcotics and firearms possession. The three individuals’ were arrested on Friday following a months-long ...

The Election Commission (EC) has said that everything is ready for tomorrow’s local government (LG) polls. However, a trade union representing the Grama Niladharis (GNs), who play a crucial role in ...

CJ Group vice chair Miky Lee, the power player behind Oscar history-maker “Parasite,” will add another honor to her collection when she receives the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The executive ...