I was thrilled to know that the ancient Balangay boat replica will sail again the Philippine seas in December. Called The Balangay Voyage the group continues to work on replicas of the ancient boats ...

MANILA, Philippines -When filmmaker Laurice Guillen called us last weekend to ride the following day on a replica of an ancient vessel, we didn’t exactly know what we were in for. But it sounded ...

Centuries of maritime history anchored a new diplomatic dialogue at the Bahay Tsinoy Museum on April 22, 2026 as officials ...

BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Philippines — On Dec. 17 last year, two wooden boats docked at the port of nearby Nasipit town, in Agusan del Norte province, the modern gateway for goods and people in ...

The Balangay Sama Tawi-tawi navigates along Butuan Bay as it moves towards the Agusan River after a 31-hours trip from Zamboanga City. Eight years after its first voyage from Butuan, the balangay boat ...

BUTUAN CITY — A replica of a boat used by early Filipinos to trade with the rest of Asia stopped over here briefly to seek the blessing of “spirits” of mariners who, centuries ago, roamed the seas in ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Four years since it was discovered in a marshy plain in northern Mindanao, the largest ancient Filipino boat ever ...

A global audience of more than a thousand viewers joined the virtual voyage of discovery and learning sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The bill seeking to declare the Philippines' ancient wooden boat, balangay, as the national boat is among the ...

NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (PIA) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in northern Mindanao, through the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC), awarded the Balangay ...

Chicken inasal with turmeric rice, pickled papaya and a Spicy Calamansi cocktail at Balangay. (Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post) Review by Tim Carman Erwin Villarias’s great-grandfather was one of ...