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 ...

On Bantayan Island in northern Cebu, residents have enjoyed a rare privilege since the 1800s: they are allowed to eat meat during Holy Week, thanks to a papal indult granted more than two ...

Shuvee has been given the title “Ang Island Ate ng Cebu” – one that her mother fully supports, given her daughter’s deep roots in Bantayan Island. “When she was still little and my mom ...