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Basco,officially the Municipality of Basco,is a 5th class municipality and capital of the province of Batanes,Philippines. In the 2020 census,it had a population of 9,517 people.
JoséBasco y Pérez de Vargas,1st Count of the Conquest of Batanes Islands (Spanish:JoséBasco y Vargas,primer conde de la conquista de las islas Batanes was a naval officer of the Spanish Navy who served as the 53rd governor of the Spanish Philippines under the Spanish Empire,from 1778 to 1787. An "economic minded" governor-general in Spanish-ruled Philippines,his rule tried to subjugate the Ivatan natives of Batanes,which led to the murder of Ivatan indigenous hero Aman Dangat.
Ivana,officially the Municipality of Ivana,is a 6th class municipality in the province of Batanes,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 1,407 people.
Sabtang,officially the Municipality of Sabtang,is a 6th class municipality in the province of Batanes,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 1,696 people.
The Territorial Prelature of Batanes is a Latin rite pre-diocesan,non-missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao on Luzon island in the Philippines.
The legislative districts of Cagayan are the representations of the province of Cagayan in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first,second,and third congressional districts.
The Ivatan people are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northernmost Philippines. They are genetically closely related to other ethnic groups in Northern Luzon,but also share close linguistic and cultural affinities to the Tao people of Orchid Island in Taiwan.
The Batanes National Science High School,formerly the Batanes National High School,is a public science high school in the Philippines,recognized by the Department of Education. It is in the provincial capital of Batanes,Basco and had an enrollment of 1,112 students in school year 2022–2023. The current principal is Carmen C. Noguera.
Victor de Padua (1898–1952) was Provincial Governor of the province of Batanes right after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. A member of the Ilocano people,he had previously been a school superintendent.
WCC Aviation,Inc.,operating as Sky Pasada,is an airline based in Binalonan,Pangasinan,Philippines owned and operated by the Guico family. Founded in 2010,it primarily serves the northern Luzon provinces of Batanes,Cagayan and Isabela as well as the city of Baguio from its hub at Binalonan Airport.
Ivuhos is one of the islands of Batanes,the northernmost province of the Philippines. The uninhabited island is located west of Sabtang Island and is separated by a deep channel nearly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide.
Silvino Artemio Barsana Agudo,also known as S.B. or Binong,was a Filipino businessman,lawyer,World War II veteran,and public servant. He was the governor of Batanes province from 1968 to 1971.
San Carlos Borromeo Church,also known as Mahatao Church,is a Roman Catholic church located in Mahatao,Batan Island,Batanes,Philippines. The church's titular is Saint Charles Borromeo whose feast is celebrated every November 4. Its beauty and excellent state of preservation made it a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines on July 31,2001.
Ijangs are the terraced hillfort settlements of the Ivatan people built on hill tops and ridges in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines. These high rocky formations can serve as fortress or refuge against attacking enemies for the Ivatan people.
Palek,also known as paleg or mineovaheng,is a traditional Filipino alcoholic drink from the Batanes Islands made from fermented sugarcane juice. It is flavored with ebony bark,which turns the drink black. It is traditionally served in a halved coconut shell and passed from one person to the next.
Marilou Horlina Cayco is a Filipina politician from Batanes island in the Philippines,and currently the Governor of Batanes. She has been elected two terms as Governor of Batanes. She first won election to Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
Aman Dangat,also known as "Kenan",was a powerful Mangpus of the town of Malakdang in the island of Sabtang in Batanes,Philippines who had led a revolt against the Spaniards from 1785 to 1791.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tuguegarao. All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case,with Batanes being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28,2020.
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- ↑ "Batanes governor wounded in ambush". ABS-CBN News. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-09-03.[ dead link ]
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