WIRE — ITBAYAT, BATANES — Batanes Gov. Ronald Aguto Jr. and Itbayat Mayor Joseph Cultura dismissed as baseless claims by Chinese scholars that the province belongs to China, reaffirming that Batanes has long been under Philippine sovereignty. In a statement on Friday, Aguto rejected the purported findings of the Chinese scholars, stressing that the province has long
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