The capital of Batanes Province is Basco and is under Region II which is 860 kilometers north of Manila. Basco is on Batan Island. Batanes is the only province in the Philippines declared in its ...

Bishop Danilo Ulep of Batanes described the typhoon as ... and St. Dominic College in the capital town of Basco were among those that sustained damage from the calamity.

In Batanes which was one of the provinces ... The bishop’s residence, the Clergy House and St. Dominic College in the capital town of Basco, were among those that sustained damage.