The "buwad" or dried fish has since been a popular Bantayan Island delicacy. The name is a Visayan word which means "to dry under the sun." And there is as wide a variety as the kinds of fish dried.

After selling buwad (dried fish) for 25 years ... Enriquez said they get their supply from Bantayan in Cebu and other provinces of Masbate and Negros Occidental. Supplies are delivered weekly ...

Fresh seafoods are aplenty, and dried fish, locally called buwad, abound in the island and make good pasalubong for friends and relatives. Bantayan comes alive during the Easter Season ...

Dried, preserved fish. Daing and tuyo are the terms that ... While most tuyo is usually cured in salt, other places like Bantayan Island in Cebu Province offer unsalted versions of tuyo.

On Wednesday, Perez personally supervised the dispatch from Bantayan Island of three monitoring ... are sometimes sold in markets often as dried fish. Perez explained that the bureau aims to ...