As the late afternoon sun cast golden reflections upon the waters of the Pasig River, an ancient spirit quietly sailed once more through the heart of Manila. Docked at the historic Escolta port in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the Butuan Boat 2 excavation in 1977. (Original photo is credited to the National Museum of the Philippines/ Colorized photo courtesy of the Butuan Balangay International Conference 2025.) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Butuan City Mayor Lawrence Fortun opened the 40th Balangay Festival 2026 on Tuesday, May 5, marking the start of the city’s annual celebration of its ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The largest sailing vessel of its kind yet discovered is being unearthed in Butuan City in Mindanao, and it promises ...

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 ...