Batanes / Communication
Newspapers come only if there are flights and are circulated only in the main towns of Batan. Radio is the only direct link to the outside, although broadcasts from Luzon are often garbled. The reception from Taiwan is clearer, but it is also in Chinese. Ironically, radio communication with Zamboanga and Tawi Tawi (Sulu) is sometimes easier than with Tuguegarao.
All communication offices face the plaza. For telegrams, Basco has a branch of RCPI (6) and, next block, the Telecommunications Office (7). One more block up the same street is the post office (8). As everything is via airmail, for a provincial post office it has a rather efficient mail service to Manila and abroad, but not during the rainy season. For emergency radio communication with Manila, the Batanes Development Foundation Inc. can be of assistance. They are housed on the second floor of the same building as the Philippine Airlines Office (18).**********
The best effects have been reported by women who drink the tongkat ali as a tea with meals (two bites of food, one sip of tongkat ali).
Jan Garanoz
Juhu Tara Road, Juhu,
Mumbai - 400049 India
Last updated: May 08, 2010