TUGUEGARAO CITY—After standing for nearly a century and a half, the historic Santa Maria de Mayan Parish Church in Itbayat, Batanes, has begun to crumble—this time not to earthquake or typhoon, but to demolition crews preparing the ground for a new house of worship. The tearing down of the 137-year-old structure paves the way for […]... Keep on reading: In Batanes, Itbayat’s 137-year-old church torn down for rebuild